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Mssssiems Hare Entry To
British War Factories
< - ' 1 1 ' (international News Service )
LUiwuiwednescSay. — Official gwarfers m London have -dssclesesLthaf
of least 165 Soviet citizens ore free to room Britdin of will and 52Jbf them liave
access fo factories producing strategic
materials. ' , '
The information was
supplied by the British
, Foreign Office and the
Soviet Embassy.
Forty-one members of the
Soviet. Embassy in .London, in
cluding three representatives on
the trade delegation, enjoy
complete: diplomatic immunity.
. In other words, they can
not be arrested for any of
fence short of miurder.:.
All 52 members of the trade
delegation - can -visit any fac
tory manufacturing goods for
rexport'to Russia rafter prior
notice.
i&esxwious Mansions
Many of these factories, are
also ; engaged in making top-
secret .weapons for - the; British ,
armed forces, but British ' offi
cials have said the Russians are
not permitted in ' sections-;: of
plants where the' secret work
1 Is in progress.'
The Soviet Embassy, In
swank headquarters ''.in Ken
sington Palace Gardens, once'
called. Millionaires' Row,' occu
pies . four luxurious mansions
and they have a large building
complete with cafeteria- in. a
nearby less select' district.
-Soviet employees have rented
: apartments for their < families
in various, parts of London.
All work atithe: embassy, even
. cleanings and dusting, is done
by Soviet: citizens.. No Briton
is trusted; v. to: work Inside. : 13
Kensington Palace . Gardens.,
the diplomatic centre, where a
bust of- Stalin is the first sight
to greet the visitor.
Twenty-.one Russian clerks,
men ; and women, augment
this staff, and there are also
31 non-diplomats -who are
listed as 'household staff." :.
. This is the, only description of
them given to the British For
eign-. Office and repeated re-
Suests for a more exact descrip-
lon of their activities have met
l with evasion. ,
./.Finally, there are 20- Russians i
engaged , in . "information' work
for : iTass,- the Soviet News
Agency, for the radio listening
: station, : the Soviet Monitor and
.various . Russian propaganda
organs. I
Free Movement
This makes a total of 165 I
Soviet citizens who are officially I
admitted ; to: be working in the
United 'Kingdom. .Unlike their
British and American counter-
partis in Moscow, they can ntovel
freely throughout the. country. : I
- Any : Russian can literally go
to a London- railroad ' station
and biiy> a ticket; ansuvhere5 in i
the British Isles.' Since suchl
freedom' is impossible for. a So
viet citizen in the U.S.SJR.' <a I
Muscovite has to get official
permission for journey to'
Leningrad, . tor example) most
Soviets'- are.suspicious. They
think it ' is a trap.
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