MYSTERY SHIP
THE CITY OF FLINT MR. HULL BAFFLED INFORMATION LACKING SOVIET RETICENCE (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Oct. 28, 2.15 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. The Secretary of State, Mr. Cor-dell-Hull, tit a press conference today said, with a note of bitterness in his voice, that lie had been completely baffled in his efforts to get adequate information from the Russian Government regarding the American freighter City of Flint, which, after having been taken to the Russian port of Murmansk by a German prize crew, was reported yesterday to have been advised by the Russian authorities to leave the harbour as soon as possible.
Mr. Hull said to the State Department. that the vessel had become a veritable mystery ship.
Apparently he was also piqued that the Soviet should release news of the vessel thro lgh the Tass Agency hours before similarly Informing the United States Government.
Mr. Hull intimated that the German Prize Court, at. which the United States Government was represented, apparently was the only place where the United States could expect to obtain all the facts.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20081, 30 October 1939, Page 11
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180MYSTERY SHIP Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20081, 30 October 1939, Page 11
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