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SOVICTPÜRGE
RUMfoRS OF MORE
ARRESTS
LONDON, Saturday.
According to the Riga correspondent
of the "Times" reports from Moscow
state that M. Litvinoff ls having1 a
difficult time with the State security
police, .who, during his absence in
Brussels continued their disquieting
inquisitiveness towards the foreign
commissariat. Wholesale arrests and
a reign of terror are creating such an
atmosphere in Moscow that if an
official disappears lt ls quickly
rumored he has been arrested. Such
surmises are so often true that signs
, cannot be ignored.
A Helelngfors message says fears are
held for the safety of the Soviet ]
Minister tn Finland, Eric Assmns, who
went back to visit Russia accompanied
by his wife earlier tn the year and
failed to return. He was expected In
October, but it ls believed he may be
a victim of the purge.
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