Posted by Kurt Cylke on March 12, 1997 at 14:31:58:
In Reply to: Re: Diamond Smuggling posted by Adam Quinan on March 12, 1997 at 13:01:04:
The smuggling information is contained in a print book -REVELATIONS FROM THE RUSSIAN ARCHIVES edited by D.P. Koenker and R.D. Bachman (ISBN o-8444-0891-3).I will excerpt from pages 599 and 600 and offer to FAX copies upon request. By the way AR's photo appears on page 598. "DOCUMENT 265 NKVD account of diamonds sumggled abroad to support foreign Communist parties, l9l9 -- Secret to Comrade Piatniskii NKVD Business Manager B.I. Kantorovich October l6, l922 -- E. Shelepina is the wife of Arthur Ransome. The two of them left togewther then, according to the instructions given to me by Comrades Chicherin and Karakhan. I took thes valuables at the appropriate time from Comrade Ganetskii at the People's Bank and handed them over to A. Ransome's wife, to which the list attests. B. Kantorovich. THEN fFOLLOWS A LIST OF DIAMONDS AND PEARLS valued at 1,030,000 rubles ... a handwritten note that items were received et. etc. etc. till" there appears "July 5, l9l9, handed over to Comrade Levin hidden in a suitcase (with a false bottom" etc. for Holland and France. If you want more I will FAX.