Washington, May 17.
A strenuous protest against seizure by the United States of a Soviet-owned cargo of wool and leather en route to Vladivostok was made yesterday by Mr. Constantin Oumansky, Soviet Ambassador at Washington, to Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State.
The Soviet-owned cargo was seized by the United States under expanded provisions of the export license act. The cargo originated in Uruguay but was transferred in an American port to the Swedish merchantman, Columbia. Originally the export licence act merely covered shipments of vital materials from the United States.—United Press.
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