RUSSIAN DESERTERS
REFUGE SOUGHT IN TURKEY. PURSUING FORCE FOLLOWS SUIT. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received This Day, 10.5 a.m.) ROME, February 20. The Italian News Agency publishes a remarkable story of the strange attraction of Turkey for the Russians. A group of Russian infantrymen crossed the Caucasus frontier and took refuge in Turkish territory. The authorities disarmed the soldiers and informed the Soviet that their arms would be put at Russia’s disposal. The Soviet sent a cavalry squadron to escort the deserters, but when the cavalrymen reached Turkish territory they also refused to return to Russia and are still in Turkey. Confirmation has been received from Istanbul that a number of Russian technicians working in Kayseri 'factories have refused to return to the Soviet. Turkey officially ignores the matter.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 February 1940, Page 5
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