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anyone"
A New York Russian-speaking
police detective present at the inter-
view said, however, that Mrs.
Kosenkina refused a suggestion by
the vice consul that she be moved
to another hospital and told him:
L don't want to see anyone. You
kept me prisoner. You would
not let me CO."
Mr.. McDermott's account did not
make clear when the alleged police
: search of Mrs. Kosenkina's room
was supposed to have occurred.
The only public notice of police
entering the consulate was when
they rushed in late Thursday after
her leap from a window and helped
arrange for her to be taken to a
hospital.
Charges Violation Of Rights.
The Ambassador contended, Mr..
McDermott said, that the alleged
entering of the consulate by police
violated extra-territorial rights,
and that actions Of American OIL
cials were preventing the consul
general from carrying out his du-
ties.
Mr.. McDermott told questioners
that Mr.. Panyushkin's protest and
demands today concerned only Mrs.
Kosenkina and did not touch on
the case of two other Russian
teachers, Mr.. and Mrs. Michael
1vanovitch Samarine.
The Samarines and Mrs. Kosen-
kina were scheduled to return to
Russia aboard ship sailing July
81, after disarmament of school for
children of Russian United Ma
tionS officials in New York at which
they had been teaching, but did
not show up.
Claim Rescue of Woman.
Soviet consular officials claimed
they rescued" Mrs. Kosenkina last
Saturday from a farm operated
near New York by the anti-Com-
munist Tolstoy Foundation. They
kept her secluded in a consulate
until her leap for liberty Thursday
The Samarines have eluded the
Soviet authorities. Mr.. Samarine
appeared before a closed session of
the Committee on Un-American Ac-
tivities here last week and said he
and his wife would be shot or i'm
prisoned for life if they went back
to Russia.
The teachers have the right of
asylum as political refugees if they
want to stay in this country, Mr.
McDermott said Friday.
In earlier protests, the Soviet had
demanded custody of the Samarlnes
and charged "connivance" of Amer
lean authorities in what was called
the kidnapping" Of them and Mrs.
Kosenkina.
Formal Reply Awaited.
While the verbal exchanges be-
tween Mr.. Lovett and Mr.. Pam
yushkin provided the substance OF
an American answer to the Am
bassador's new note yesterday, a
formal reply remained to be pre-
pared. ,
So far there has been no formal
answer to the previous protests.
Two of these we're made here by
Mr.. Panyushkin and one was pre-
sented to American Ambassador
Walter Bedell Smith in Moscow by
Soviet Foreign Minister MolotoV.
Mr.. Panyushkin, solemn and un-
smiling, arrived in the flfth-floor
reception room at the State Depart
ment promptly at 1880 am. yester-
day for the appointment he had
asked with Mr. Lovett. He was ac-
companied by Boris M. Krotov, Eng
disappearing first secretary OF the
Soviet Embassy, who served as MS
interpreter.
Mr.. Lovett had with him for the
meeting Charles E. Bohlen, State
Department counsellor and Russian
expert, and Ernest A. Gross, de-
partment legal adviser.
Panyushkin Refuses Comment.
Mr.. Panyushkin emerged from the
conference at 1:10 pm. and walked
steadily toward the elevator. Re-
porters questioned him on the run.
He replied mo comment when
asked what the meeting was about,
Newsmen crowded on the elevator
with him and prodded him, with
questions about what contact ne
had with Mrs. KoSenkina. He Sald
he had seen her last Saturday when
she came from that farm"
There had been reports in New
York that the Ambassador had un-
successfully tried to get Mrs. koSen-
kina to sign an affidavit that she
was not held prisoner at the con-
sulate. He told questioners that he
did not ask her for a statement
Pressed to tell what he had talked
with her about. he said he had
asked her "how she happened to
be at that farm
The Ambassador was saying no
comment" again as he drove away
from the State Department.
Subpoena Served by Stripping.
The House committees subpoena
was served on Mrs. Kosenkina yes
terday by Robert E. Stripping, the
committees chief investigator. He
went to her New York hospital
room about the same time Ambas-
sador Panyushkin appeared at the
State Department to demand her
custody.
AS he left the hospital, Mr.. Strip
ling told reporters that the sum-
mons placed Mrs. Kosenkina forth
with under the constant jurisdic-
ton of the committee until she
testifies"
Asked II the summons would
mean stationing Federal Bureau OF
Investigation agents at the bedside,
Mr.. STRIPPING replied: ut assume the
committee will take the necessary
steps to insure her appearance be-
fore the committee
Mr.. Stripping was accompanied by
a Russian speaking New York de-
tective who identified the callers
to Mrs. Kosenkina and, on direc-
ton. asked her if she had any OBJ
jections to appearing before the
House committee.
No" Mrs. Kosenkina replied, ac-
cepting the summons from Mr..
StriOlinQ