Word: bogdanov
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...half its clerical staff of 450. In the first ten months of last year Amtorg placed $102,800,000 of orders in the U. S. This year Amtorg has placed only $49,400.000, a decline in Soviet purchases from the U. S. of 52%. Last week Chairman Peter A. Bogdanov of Amtorg explained & complained: "It must be clear to any one engaged in large commercial operations that the basic prerequisite is adequate banking accommodations. These have not been provided in the United States with respect to Soviet business...
...squeeze American firms and get better terms. This was an unwise attitude and showed a lack of knowledge of the situation. How could a manufacturer grant better terms when he had to look for money himself? I raised my voice against this foolish attitude. Soon after, Mr. Peter A. Bogdanov [now chairman of Amtorg] came to the United States and brought a bunch of Communists with him. It was decided by him to 'teach Americans a lesson.' Telegrams were sent to Moscow with the request to divert orders from the United States to other countries. The Amtorg...
Rebuttal for Amtorg came from President A. S. Mamaev, Chairman Bogdanov being "out of town." Said he: "It is untrue that Amtorg attempted to bring pressure on the U. S. Government by diverting orders to Europe. . . . Prices offered there were particularly low. . . . Amtorg did not send these orders to Europe: Amtorg lost them to Europe...
...restaurants, poked suspiciously in closets and cupboards, discovered many an old sock clinking with kopecks. Hardly ever were the hoardings large. An old woman peddler of Kiev who had amassed 800 rubles ($411) vas arrested, others were severely scolded, released. In Moscow, however, secret police arrested nine, including one Bogdanov. speculator; one Simonov, cashier; two private traders by the name of Frolov and Mashkov. Each of these amateur numismatists had assembled nearly $2.500 in coins...
While Soviet papers flayed them as "counter revolutionaries," Bogdanov, Simonov, Frolov, Mashkov & companions were marched in front of a firing squad, shot dead...