EXTRACT FROM THE ANTI-SOVIET RUSSIAN LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER 'THE SINO-RUSSIAN NEWSPAPER' (NITAISKO-RUSKAYA GAZETA), DATED 1 APRIL 1948.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Publication Date: April 1, 1948
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"tiAUCT FROM THE ANTI-SOVIET RUSSIAN LANGUAGE N1uiSPAPER "THE SINO-RUSSIAN M;vSPAPJiW'
(%ITAIS -RUSKAYA GAZETA), DATED 1 APRIL 1948.
A year passed since the old administration was a lacted.and it was decided
to elect new me tbe:rm to the Executive tiommittee and the Revision Cc;nni.ssion. The
meeting (a year ago) had been dull and there had been very yc r emigres pre sent. MIL.
bierhulov took charge of the elections., The administration elected at that tine did
not take any direct political action and took no measures a ainst the spreadiri; of
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eradicated ri6htaway from the Y(.ussian colony, which had become divided into two car: s:
white and redo
The Soviet propaganda "We are not tihite, we are not Red., we are Russians,"
- was believed by those who wanted to justify their actions.
At the same time the Soviets fenced themselves off from the ecni; x es, This
was quite natural., for the agents of the NKVD had a job to do. The so-called "feelin
of conciliation" engulfed some of the er .grey.
The administration did not consider it Its duty to watch over the political
life of the emigres. `asunder. standings occurred and an initiatory ?:romp of 30 Rusasiaa
end-res demanded that a meeting be held accordin? to the statute of she Association.
On 25 January, with the,permission of the authorities, a general meeting wiz
held. There were very many emigres present, During this meeting N'< y. 3 erkulov, chair--
,:tan of the Executive Committee and all the me sbers of the .executive, 4oz2mittee and the
Revision Comnission gave up their positions. N.N. Merkulov tactfully Managed to avoid
any further quarrels and discussions.
ltiktor Petrovich Kamki.n was elected chairman of the new ex cutlve comet ttee.,
G. A. Kosahut, vic e?-chai rm an, and 3. F. Yakovlev, I . . :.,ar.kelov, N. F. PAbaiko, F . i . Gub.e s
and N.V. Kuznetsov were elected members.
L .P. Ratsevich was elected chairman of the Revision Commix, ion and ' .N. i uz-
netsov and Dr. Khokhl.achkin, marchers.
V,k. Kamkin, 45 years old, wa*o born in St. Petersburg and finished high
school there, completing him education in Harbin. In 1928 he was gr.-ideated from law
school. Fier participated in the White !;avement In the Maritime Province. *Frorm Harbin
he moved to Shanghai and had his own printing and newspaper office. Later he want to
Tientsin and became the director of the bookstore "Znnnie". In 1947 he came to Tsingtao
and was made director of the pr -biting establishment which published she American Army
newspaper. The new -aembesrs of the administration are mostly :tones st.mding citizens of
Tsingtao. One can be sure that now the emigres of Tsingtao are free of the temporary
conciliatory path. We are White Russians. Those that left us are H