Paris, Feb. 21.
"Information from unimpeachable sources permits us to assert that G. K. Ordjonikidze, Soviet People's Commissar for Heavy Industry, was assassinated," declares M. Wiadimir @Ormesson, writing in "Lo Figaro" to-day.
"Ho was the right arm of Stalin, hhis_most intimate collaborator, his ler ego' Considering the significance and gravity of such a crime, it constitutes one of the most important events that has occurred in the Stalin regime—Havas.
Tass reports that the entire Soviet Union is mourning the death of M. Ordjonikidze.
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