Posted by Duncan on April 10, 2014 at 14:38:29 user Duncan.
In Reply to: Re: Ransome The Spy posted by Magnus Smith on April 10, 2014 at 11:43:51:
I have seen the bit of paper! It's in the Brotherton collection. I have got the exact transcript on a different computer otherwise I would post it here (it's only brief). It's probably in the Ted Alexander Ransome in Russia book too.
It's worded rather intriguingly, because it basically just says "I won't carry out any work on behalf of a foreign government unless I tell you that I'm no longer holding to this promise"!
What I don't know is whether AR felt this was necessary, whether Evgenia suggested it because there was some lack of trust, or whether some other official requested and/or demanded it?
It's a very odd document to have been drawn up between husband and wife, really, unless it was felt that it might prove useful at some point, if questions were asked.