GERMANY AND JAPAN.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 342, 25 January 1937, Page 5

GERMANY AND JAPAN.

POWERS INTERESTED. Radek Prepared To Suffer Consequences. Press Association —Copyright. Received 11.30 a.m. Moscow, January 24. Radek alleged that M. Bukharin, a member of the terrorist group, admitted that atfer the assassination of Kirov he had a conversation with Bukharin at the office of the Izvestia, in w’hich he came to the conclusion that the assassination had not yielded any political gains and, therefore, the event must be followed with more assassinations. Radek told how at the diplomatic reception at the Foreign Office in November, 1935, a high Embassy official of a Western Power approached him to check up on Trotsky and the existence of a Trotsky group i-n the country on whose assistance Berlin could count in the event of war. “I assured him that all Trotsky’s promises would be fulfilled. I know the seriousness of my crime and am prepared to suffer the consequences.” Radek told of assurances given by Sokolnikov* to a high official at the Japanese Embassy in London of the readiness of Trotsky and his group to assist the Japanese in the event of war. Vishinsky turned to Sokolnikov and asked: “You confirm that?” Sokolnikov replied: “Yes, I do.” Vishinsky pressed Radek to gay why he had not confessed if he did not want to become an active agent of the German Intelligence Service. Radek replied: “I could not make up my mind to lead people to the firing squad.”

Judge Ulrich threatened/ to stop the trial when Radek twice mentioned names after he had already forbidden the mention of names of foreign officials and representatives.