Jews are arriving in Riga from all parts of Russia driven by the new terror conducted by the Ogpu, the new political department of the Tcheka, says a Riga report to the London Times.
The function of the new political department ism according to reports published recently, to “put down political and economic counter-revolution, espionage and brigandage in all parts of the Soviet Republics”.
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