Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Saturday 27 January 1945, page 1


RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR KILLED

IN AIR CRASH

MEXICO CITY, Friday.--The Soviet Ambassador (Mr. Constantine Oumansky), Mrs. Oumansky and eight others were killed when a Mexican army transport crashed shortly after leaving Mexico City. Mr. Oumansky was en route to San Jose to present his credentials to the Costa Rican Government.