SOVIET POLICY.
FOREIGN RELATIONS. LEADERS’ OBSERVATIONS. Received January 20, 12.10 p.m. MOSCOW, Jan. 19. M. Molotov has been unanimously re-elected chairman of the Council oi Peoples’ Commissars. The rest of the council were also re-elected, with only three important changes—the dismissal of M. Krylenko and the removal of MM. Clnibar and Mikoyan from the Commissarships of Vice-Chairmen of the Council, which was urged by M. Vishinsky to redouble its efforts to stamp out the enemies of the people. M. Molotov denounced certain foreign Consulates "engaged in anti-So-viet spying activities on Soviet territory.” M. Molotov mentioned the closure of some German, Japanese, and Polish Consulates, and also referred to individuals and organisations engaged in anti-Soviet activity in France. He asked how they accorded with the Franco-Soviet Pact. The arniv representative said that upon M. ’ Stalin’s orders the army would stand like one man to deliver the most onrushing blow in history to Fascist aggressors on their own territory.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 44, 20 January 1938, Page 10
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157SOVIET POLICY. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 44, 20 January 1938, Page 10
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