Evening star., 1930-06-22

Iney are 1ully protected by the rights
OF diplomatic extraterritoriality.
The representative OF the Third In
ternational directs the work of the
Communist party Of the country Ia
which the embassy is accredited.
finances 1t, causes its leaders to organ
lie strikes or riots, etc The agent of
Q. p. U. spies on active enemies Of the
Soviets so as to paralyze, in case Of
necessity. their activity, and on his
own comrades 50 rs to ascertain ttRir
loyalty. Besides, in case OF riots, he orr
instructions, finances the purchase Of
arms and so on.
How does this machinery work2 Up
to 1925 or 1925, when the world--and
especially Europe - still seethed with
postwar unrest, the Soviet leaders be-
neved that the world revolution would
not be long in coming. AS Leon Trotsly
admits In his memoirs. Moscow spared
neither money nor energy to set IRE
20 5uigarla, Germany and Poland. At
that time Soviet embassies were doing
their subversive work without wasting
enort on any great precautions. Mr..
Bessyedovsky, who then was attached
70 the embassy in Warsaw, tells us how
this embassy was literally transformed
INTO depot Of dynamite, bombs and
revolvers; how Yelensky, the G. p. u.
agent, organized the famous explosion
OF the Warsaw Citadel in which hum
dreds OF persons were killed. how, at
the same time, DR.. GoldenStein, the
representative of the Third Interna-
tional in Vienna, was directing the
abortive Bulgarian revolution, melting
Macedonia to riots, attempting TO
plunge the Balkans into chaos.
Milder Tactics Decided On.
But these heroic times have passed.
The rotten capitalistic regimes" proved
to possess a far greater vitality than the
Soviet government originally believed.
To go on as recklesSly as that was dan
gerous: One country after the other
would break on diplomatic relations with
Russia, as England did And SO it was
decided to adopt milder tactics and 70
work with the greatest possible secrecy.
No dynamite is now kept in Soviet en-
bassies: and the agents Of the Third In
ternational and Of @. p. u. are so eau
t1ous that they even avoid receiving
their associates and Subagents in the
premises of the embassy, preferring to
communicate with them through third
persons. Yet they continue TO work. AS
before, when Moscow pulls string, Or
dering, for instance, strike to be or
ganized in Berlin or Paris, these agents
know how to transmit the order to
German or French Communists and
help them in carrying it out.
Does a similar Moscow organization
exist in America? Mr.. Bessyedovsky
tells us that 1t does. Only, Of course, IL
does not enjoy diplomatic immunity.
In 1925 the Soviet government ap-
pointed Mr.. Bessyedovsky a member Of
"Amtorg Trading Corporation" which
functions IN New York as . private
company, but which, he says Is in
reality an unoficial commercial agency
Of the Soviet government in this coun-
try. He was to be, at the same time, the
unofncial diplomatic Soviet representa-
tive here.
He never succeeded in reaching New
York. Although he was travelling as q
private person, the American consul at
Riga found out that he was a Soviet
diplomat and refused to grant him a
visa. Yet, before leaving for Riga, Mr..
Bessyedovsky visited the comnIssariat
for foreign affairs, the Third Interna-
tional and G. p. U. and received conf
dental information on affairs In New
York.
He was told. he writes, that Moscow
paid to the American Communist party
a regular yearly subsidy Of $l25 ZOO.
Moreover, there existed in the United
states also a branch of @. p. o., on
which Moscow spent 100000 a year. It's
work In America was, however, purely
informatory and very modest: ANXIOUS
to secure the oficial recognition of the
United States, the Soviet government
wanted no scandals which might COM
promise 1t in Americas eyes and, there
fore, did not want G.. p. u to do any
active work in New York. Mr.. Bessye-
dovsky also writes that, according to
the information which he received. both
G. p. q. and the agents Of the Third
international were in constant contact
with Amtorg.
Revelations Called Lies.
The Soviet press described Mr.. Bessye-
dovskys revelations as "lies intended to
please the bourgeois" But Mr.. Bessye-
dovsky is not alone. The fact is that,
both before him and, especially, after
him, number of other high Soviet Of
fcials in the course Of this last year
abandoned the Soviet ranks and ned
abroad. Among these men are @.
Bazhanov, StalinS former secretary;
G. Solomon, who at one time was the
assistant peoples commissar for foreign
trade; A. Soboley, who held the post of
naval attache to the Soviet legation in
Stockholm, and many others. Their
statements fully confirm that which
Mr.. Bessyedovsky says. Moreover, most
OF them live In constant fear for their
lives; they are afraid of the vengeance
of the G.. p. u. They know too much"
One OF them, Mr.. Sobolev, published q
letter in Swedish newspapers in which
he promised TO make no revelations on
the behind-the-stage activities Of the
Soviet government; but he concludes
this letter by the words: IF, however,
even in spite Of this, or my wife be
killed the public will not be mistaken
as to whose victims we are"
1t is these facts that throw light on
the runor Of assassinations in Soviet
embassies and on Koutiepov's kidnap-
ing. Did these murders actually take
place? Neither of the Soviet ON
Gals now standing in the ranks Of fugi-
tives from the SovietS was attached to
the embassies in Warsaw and in Ber-
lin at the time when these aSsassina-
They do not know for certain. But
those of them who have spoken on this
subject see nothing impossible in 1t.
AS for Gen. Koutiepov's kidnap-
ing, neither Mr.. Bazhanov, nor Mr..
Bessyedovsky doubt that it was the
work Of Soviet agents. AS we have
said, at the present time Soviet agents
behave abroad far more cautiously
than ever before. Yet. when 1t is neces-
And in Gen. Koutiepov's case they
believed that 1t was neces-
Sary.
The fact is that the Soviet govern
ment still sees its greatest enemies In
Russian emigreS living in Europe, chief
ly in France. Some of these emigreS,
by their influence, by their knowledge
Of Soviet conditions and methods, seri-
ously harm the Soviet cause in France.
Hence, the Soviet press constantly RACES
against them; and Soviet agents often
take measures" against them. For i'm
stance, three years ago truly tragical
case took place.
A Soviet agent, masquerading as a
mere Smuggler got in contact with
Prince p. Dolgorukov one of the most
influential Russian exiles. The prince
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