LATVIA CONTROL
RUSSIAN TROOPS TREATY OVER-RIDDEN FORCE IN RURAL ZONE OCCUPATION OF TOWNS FOREIGNERS BANNED (Hire. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Nov. 17. 1.50 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. Iff. The Exchange Telegraph Company's Stockholm correspondent says it is reported that the dispositions of Russian troops in Latvia far exceed those stipulated in the pact.
Soviet troops have advanced into rural areas around Liepaja (LibaiD. and Ventspils (Wind.au), and arc reported to have occupied five neighbouring towns not mentioned in the pact.
Foreigners have been ordered out of those towns.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20097, 17 November 1939, Page 8
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