This report accentuated official irritation here at what was considered Russia's obstruction to United States efforts to communicate with the American crew, It was recalled that the Soviet vice-Commissar of Foreign Affairs, M. Vladimir Potemkin, in an interview with Mr. Steinhardt, had said that the City of Flint had been ordered from Murmansk by the Soviet Government. Informed circles at Moscow had reported that the vessel was well outside Russian territorial waters en route to Germany escorted by German submarines.—United Press.
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