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DEPARTMENT OP STATE
FOR THE PRESS
OCTOBER 27, 1939
No. 544
Ambassador Laurence Steinhardt reported today that
up to 3 p.m. Russian time, he succeeded twice in getting
through to the port of Murmansk by telephone but that he
had failed to establish contact with the captain of the
City of Flint despite assurances that arrangements had
been made in advance for his presence at the agree<
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mt with the Under Secretary for Foreign
Affairs at 5:30 Moscow time, this a: