DIPLOMATIC MOVE
AUSTRALIA AND SOVIET EXCHANGE OF MINISTERS (1.30 p.m.) CANBERRA. Oct. 13. An interchange of Ministers between Australia and Russia was announced by the Minister of External Affairs, Dr. H. V. Evatt. The first Australian Minister to Russia will be the Hon. William Slater, Speaker of the Victoria Legislative Assembly. Russia has appointed as her Minister in Australia M. Andrei PetrovitCh Vlasov, of the Soviet Peoples Commissariat for Foreign Affairs. Dr. Evatt said that .the negotiations for the exchange were opened with M. Molotov during his mission to London in May. “We attach importance to this striking evidence of unity and comradeship which bind the United Nations,” he said. “The exchange of Ministers will signalise the special friendship between the two Pacific countries. M. Molotov has expressed the appreciation of his Government at the Australian nomination.”
M. Vlasov is 37 years of age and one of the youngest members of the Soviet diplomatic service.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20913, 13 October 1942, Page 4
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155DIPLOMATIC MOVE Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20913, 13 October 1942, Page 4
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