PLOTS TO KILL TROTSKY
SHARPSHOOTERS IN TREES A MOSCOW DISCLAIMER ( United Service) LONDON, Thursday. The “Daily Mail’’ says news has been received in London of several attempts recently to kill Trotzky, who Is living in exile in Turkestan. Trotzky revealed the plot in smuggled letters to friends abroad, including Rakowsky. In these letters the exile pleads for help against the Russian secret police, who he alleges are the instigators. Trotzky says his little cottage at Almaata, 250 miles from the nearest railway, was attacked on three occasions by sharpshooters who hid in trees. Trotzky and his son defended themselves with sporting rifles. The cottage was subsequently blockaded, and only gifts of food from local friends averted the starvation of the occupants. Trotzky says he is denied lights, newspapers, and medical advice. , . The authorities at Moscow disclaim all knowledge of the plot. They have despatched an investigating commission. In the meanwhile, adds the “Mail,” the Soviet has caused to be arrested 33 more Oppositionists, all friends of Trotzky.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 465, 21 September 1928, Page 9
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