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tions of the American press Of Au-
gust 8, M. I. Samarin, after week s
stay at the Kessel farm, was turned
over to the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation by the organization
headed by Tolstaya.
kidnapping Charged.
The above-described cases OF kid
naping OF the Soviet citizens o. A.
KaSenkina and M. I. Samarin and
his family, as we'll as number of
other cases in connection with
which the embassy duly correspond
ed with the Department of State,
bear witness to the fact that the
organization headed by TolStaya is
sympathetically carrying on activi-
ties hostile to the Soviet Union, not
stopping at the forcible seizure Of
Soviet citizens with the acquiescence
of certain government agencies of
the U. S. A., which must be well
aware of the activities of the Or
ganization-the so-called "Tolstoy
Fund" In this connection the state
ment Of A. L. Tolstaya to represent
atives of the press on August 8 of
this year merits attention; from this
statement it is clear that the So
called "Tolstoy Fund" has at its
disposal an underground" organiza-
ton, the activities of which are di-
rected toward preventing the return
Of Soviet citizens to their fatherland
and which in such activities resorts
to conspiraterial methods.
The embassy of the U. S. S. r. in
the U. s. A. considers that the atti-
tude Of the government agencies of
the U S. A. toward the above-men-
TONED criminal activities Of the So
called "Tolstoy Fund" constitutes q
direct violation of the obligations
assumed by the government of the
U. S. A. on the basis of the exchange
Of letters Of November 16, 1888, be-
TWEEN the Peoples Commissar for
Foreign Affairs of the U. S. S. r.,
M. M. Litvinov, and the President
of the U. s. A., F. D. Roosevelt.
On instructions from the Soviet
government the Embassy of the
U. S. S. r. In the United States of
America strongly protests the forci-
BILE seizure of the Soviet citizens,
o. S. Kosenkina and M. I. Samarin
and his family, by members of the
"Tolstoy Fund" organization, as
well as the liberation by Govern
ment agencies of the United States
of America of the criminal activi-
ties OF this organization, which are
clearly directed against the U. S.
s. r., and which consist particularly
in the prevention, by any forcible
means, of the return Of Soviet cit
izens to their fatherland and In at
tempts to use them for purposes
inimical to the Soviet Union.
The Embassy of the U. 8. s. r. in
the United States of America ex-
poets that measures will be taken
by the Government of the United
States Of America for the -immedi-
ate release of NJ I. Samarin and
his family and for their transfer to
General of the u. S. S. r. at New
York until their departure for the
fatherland and insists on the dis
continuation of activities of the So
called "Tolstoy Fund" which are
incompatible with the obligations
assumed by the Government of the
United States of America with re-
spect to the Soviet Union.
Embassy of the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics, Washington
August 9, 194S. Gnitialed) A. P.
Tert OF note from the Embassy
OF the Union OF Soviet Socialist
Republics to the Department of
State dated August II, 1913:
No. 148.
The Embassy OF the Union OF So
Wet Socialist Republics presents It's
compliments to the Department of
State and has the honor to COM
municate the following:
On August IL, 1948, at 4:2O PM,
two New York City policemen, TAX
ing advantage of the fact that en-
ployes of the Consulate General had
opened the door to the courtyard of
the building occupied by the Con-
sulate General where o. 8. Kasen-
kina had jumped from a window.
arbitrarily burst into the building of
the Consulate General. At 4::30 pm.
four inspectors OF the New York
police headed by the deputy chief
inspector of police, Conrad Rotin-
CAST, came to the Consulate General
to learn from the Consul General,
Y. M. Lomakin, the circumstances Of
kasenkina's suicide attempt. How
ever. instead Of dealing with the
Consul General the police inspectors,
in spite of his protest, seized one of
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