Harbin, June 28.
The Jupanese registered newspaper in Harbin, the "Harbin Times," has just published a most extraordinary Statement regarding a capture of a Soviet spy who, it is alleged, gave some very sensational information.
According to this paper Japanese gendarmes received most interesting Information from @ Soviet spy named Osip Maksimovieh, who was arrested {in the middle of May at Mulin station and has made a full confession.
Maksimovich gave a great deal of sensational information on the Soviet situation as regards the USSR. construction work in the Far East and the present state in the affairs of communist underground work North Manchuria, fare liquidating all their business in Harbin and that Soviet establishments are closing up their work.
'All the local Soviet trading organizations such as—Dalbank, Torgpredjstov, Nephtesindieat,—Export-hich Jand' others are sharply reducing their operations. More particularly during the lest two or three weeks has been noticed that the economic activity of the USSR. in Manchuria has begun to show signs of retreat along the whole of its front. Actually the work of Soviet trading institutions in Harbin is almost dead.
The Dalbank intends to reduce its staff of servants considerably on July 1, and to curtail its various operations. A great number of the servants of the Dalbank are to be The spy was captured at the moment when he was getting on to goods train helped by a CER. Soviet railway servant, this train travelling to Pogranichnaya, from which place he intended to cross over Into Soviet territory.
Having been arrested by the Japanese Gendarmerie and. brought Harbin, he confessed that he had during the past half year carried out various duties on the Instructions of the Chita O.GP.U, As regards himself he stated as follows: "I am 24 years of age and finished my educa-on ina primary school, after which I joined the Soviet Youth Party. There T was Induced to Join the O.GPU. where T served for several Jdischarged, receiving their salaries up to the July 1, and at the same ume have to apply for amounts due All the Jong period credits of the Dalbank have been handed over to the National City Bank of New, York branch in Harbin, with whom special arrangement has been made.
Besides this the Dalbank, in connection with the great reduction in operations, has removed from the: large premises that it had on Kitaiskaya Street, and in place of these [Dremises has taken part of the second storey of the CER. Commercial Agency, further down the same street. years."
"In July 19883, as T had become worthy of trust in the O.G.P.U, 1 was made the leader of a special section and offered an important mis sion in North Manchur!
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