Evening star., 1948-08-20

country.
Undersecretary OF State Lovett
initiated the note delivered to the
Soviet Embassy by special mes
senger at $40 pm. yesterday. Pub
lication of the note was withheld
until 10 am. today to give Ambassa-
dor Panyushkin time to transmit to
Moscow.
Most of the charges against Mr..
Lomakin were based on testimony
given to New York authorities by
Mrs. Kosenkina, who is recovering
in a New York hospital from criti-
cal injuries suffered in her leap for
liberty.
The State Department requested
"photostatic copies" of two letters
which it said had been written by
Mrs. Kosenkina and now presum-
ably are in the hands Of Mr.. Loma-
kin.
One was a letter written before
she was taken to the Consulate,
nearly two weeks ago, informing Mr..
Lomakin where she was. Mrs
Kosenkina denies stating in this
letter that she was kidnapped, as
Mr.. Lomakin has asserted the note
said.
The other letter was found by
New York police in Mrs. Kosenkina's S
room at the Soviet Consulate after
she had jumped from the window,
but was turned over to Mr.. Lomakin
unopened.
The note reviewed briefly the facts
known to this Government in the
Kosenkina and Samarine cases.
Reference to "Other Cases."
Soviet protests had charged the
three teachers were kidnapped by
members of the anti Communist
Tolstoy Foundation. They alleged
Official American federation" Of
what it called this organizations
criminal activities" (The Soviet
word translated federation" in texts
released by the State Department
appeared as "connivance" in Moscow
broadcasts last week.
A protest by Mr.. Panyushkin dated
August 9, the text of which was
made public by the State Depart
ment for the first time today. re-
| ferred to number of other cases
in addition to those involving Mrs
Kosenkina and the Samarines
about which the Embassy duly cor
responded" with the State Depart
ment. This reference to other cases
was not clarified Immediately.
! In the Kosenkina case, the State
Department said reports of COM
petent American authorities show
| that:
She informed the editor 'of a
Russian-language newspaper in
New York on July % that "she did
not wish to return to the Soviet
Union She was scheduled to sail
with the Samarines and other Rus
slams on July 81. Instead she went
by public autobus" on July 81 to
Reed Farm, Valley Cottage, ~. Y
This farm is operated by the Toll
SIOy rOunQdIlOn.
According to her own state
ments," Mrs. Kosenkina went to
the farm, voluntarily and stayed
there of her own free will"
Mrs. Kosenkina has further
stated that the interview which she
gave to the press on August was
arranged by the Consulate Cen
eral and that she was instructed to
make false statements to the effect
that she had been kidnapped"
Ambassador Panyushkin's August
9 protest asserted that Mr.. Lomakin
had received letter on August in
which Mrs. Kosenkina "implored
him to snatch her from the hands"
of the organization to whose farm
she had been forcibiy carried" 1t
added that she left the farm with
his assistance on August 7. She
Was secluded in the Consulate unit,
she jumped from the window All
gust II.
Mr.. Lovett's note confirmed in
writing what he told Mr.. Panyush-
kin when the Ambassador demanded
last Saturday that Mrs. Kosenkina
be put back under protection" of
the Soviet ConSulate-that this Gov
ernment will not turn her over
against her will to the Soviet au-
thorities.
Acting on Own Volition.
In the Samarine case, the Ameri-
can note emphasized that Mr.. Sam
arine had gone voluntarily to the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
office in New York "and stated that
ne did not wish to return to the
Soviet Union but desired to remain
in the United States"
1T is clear" the note added, "that
Mr.. Samarine is acting on his own
volition, and that he is free to get
in touch with the Soviet Consulate
General or Soviet Embassy any
time he wishes"
After telling his story to the House
Committee on Un-American AT
fairs, Mr.. Samarine has gone back
into hiding with his wife and three
children.
Bursting Into Consulate Denied.
Mr.. Lovett categorically denied
there is any connection. as alleged
by the Soviets, between the FBI and
the Tolstoy Foundation. He added
this Government has no informa-
ton which would justify the state
ment that the Tolstoy Foundation
is engaged in criminal activity"
He gave the lie to another charge
by Mr.. Panyushkin-that New York
police arbitrarily burst into" the
Consulate General after Mrs. Ko.
senkina's leap and attempted tc
search her room in spite of Mr.. Lo.
makins protest.
The State Department is in.
formed, Mr.. Lovett's note said, tha
Mr.. Lomakin agreed to the sugges
ton of police officers that they in
spect Mrs. Kosenkina's room" L
added that the department con
siders the police actions "entirel,
proper in the circumstances.
/ ut appears" he asserted "tha