Attempt at Sovietization Would Destroy Confidence Riga, Oct. 23.
The sovietization of Latvia by the Russians would run against their interests, M. Vilhelm Munters, Latvian Foreign Minister, declared in a speech yesterday before a joint session of the Corporative Chambers of National Economy.
Mutual confidence, he said. would be ruined by any such attempt and this would create serious complications for the U.S.S.R.
"We might have refused to conclude an agreement with the Soviets," he added, "but it was impossible not to admit their special interest in our country. In our pact with Moscow there is no attempt at Soviet domination over us. Nevertheless we must be strong to hold our own against foreign influences."
Latvia, be concluded, must now devote her efforts to the development of her trade with Germany and Soviet Russia—Havas.
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