811.111 Kalinin, Catherine: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Minister in Latvia (Coleman)32

17. Referring Department’s March 17, 4 p.m. and 31, 5 p.m. to Consulate,33 authorization visa for Madame Kalinin is canceled. Inform Consuls Riga and Reval at once. Her presence in this country is rendered wholly undesirable by the deep public feeling which has [Page 820] been aroused by the execution of Vicar General Butchkavitch and her exclusion is ordered especially as a protest against the treatment of Butchkavitch and his fellow ecclesiastics.

Rubenstein also excluded.

Hughes
  1. The information contained in this telegram with respect to the exclusion of Mme. Kalinin was released to the press on Apr. 10.
  2. Neither printed.