The Archive · 1937

Reports of Disorders Continue

London, Feb. 6.

The "Morning Post" states "that strong political tension is prevailing in Soviet Russia but that the Government ig still master, of the situa ion as Mf, Stalin has ceded to the demands of the Army. Strong anti-Government, propaganda. among students and the population in general is creating some concern, The Atmosphere of uncertainty following the continuous arrests became so. tense that the offers Army are said to have urged th mediate removal of all Ogpu agents from the War Ministry and barracks, The "Dally Mall" confirms that fatten persons were killed in the last Moscow riot while the "Dally Mirror" reports that the rumours bout a revolt of the Red Army are spreading fast. Mf, Stalin, the pape states, now has a special guard of 44000 "men. posted inthe Kremlin While "fifty "unreliable Ogpu_ayents have been arrested and some of them shot, Marsal Voroshlloy, it is state ed, has called a special conference of all' Soviet marshals in Moscow.

Other papers deny the split between M, Stalin and Marshal Voroshilov although they confirm the rest of several high ranking army offeers.—Trans-Ocean Kuo Min,

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