The Changchun correspondent of the "Tokyo Asahi" said documents in the possession of Lushkov contained an appeal written in blood by Gen, A. Y. Rapis, Commander of the Soviet Far Eastern Air Corps, who comm ted suicide when charged with counter-revolutionary acts:
The appeal, written by Gen. Rapis on September 17 of last. year, was addressed to the Central Committee of the Communist Party and protested against the "third degree to which he was subjected with oxygen and celluloid" the correspondent said.
Denying the accusations of counterrevolutionary activities, the appeal declared, "This is my reward for seventeen years of devoted service to the Soviet Government. I can't stand
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