SOVIET AMBASSADOR TO MEXICO PLACED UNDER GUARD IN HAVANA
Havana, Cuba (JFK+50) On December 5, 1926, The Sunday Star reports that "special guards were placed aboard the steamer Lafayette" when Soviet minister to Mexico, Mme. Alexandra Kollantay* arrived here in Havana yesterday.
The guards were deployed to prevent the ambassador from landing in Cuba or staging a demonstration.
She said that "it would be to the interest of both countries if the U.S. and Russia entered into official relations."
JFK+50 NOTE
Sixteen years of non-recognition of the Soviet Union ended on Nov 16, 1933 when the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt officially recognized the USSR and opened diplomatic relations.
*Alexandra Kollontai (1872-1952) was born in St. Petersburg, Russia & became the 1st woman to be a cabinet minister. She was highly prominent in the Bolshevik party.
SOURCE
"Cuba Guards Soviet Woman Envoy's Ship To Bar Her Landing On Way To Mexico," The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C., January 5, 1926, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
