PZ 5369/32 'Persia: movements of George Woodward alias Leonid Tour-Pavlikovski' [‎38r] (17/30)

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u&t rewriter »t tmat »adreee. I later aored te Broadway
Street tut do not renea^er the naae or the ot th«
House* To support ogre elf I oooasionaUy worked in the
dry dook. J heosae worse off as tlae went hy and before
uy departure from Shanghai in the Summer of 193C I hud no
fixed plase of abode* Ihen 1 made up agr mind to leave China
Z obtained a passport in the name of George Woodward* of
Roumanian nationality from the safety Jnoi bureau of the
OoTemment of Shsntfxai*. I changed my name and nationality
because 1 know that I would not be able te travel anywhere
as a Russian* The officials in the Safety Bureau whom I
approached were Russian and that is the reason why they
helped me to obtain the passport applied for* thougi they
were aware of my real identity* X obtained a British transit
visa for India and Bgypt* ostensibly for the journey to
Rowunia and sailed for Bangkok via Singapore* 2 do not
remember the names of the steamers* X travelled as a
passenger paying for ay passage*
Trom Bangkok X went to Burma wla Kokreet X visited
Kbulmsin and reoeived assistance there from Russian members
of Xsako's oirons* X spent in Burma about two months
travelling about searching for work* At that time X had
the Intention of returning to BTanoe and wanted to earn money
for ay passage* In July or du&ist 1930 l arrived in Bombay in
the hope of getting a steamer for Europe* X stayed here for
about six or seven days at the Seaman 1 s Home and having lost
hope of getting a steamer for Burope* deelded to return to
Burma* Vor that purpose I joined a So India navigation
Go nap any steamer and worked my passage round the ooast to
ab* where i i t. the ehip* X went to Upper Burma and
worked for several months in the Ruby mines in Xogok District*
Mr. Morgan was the Superintendent of the Mines and he knows ms*
I then decided together with three other men whose names I do
not remember* to project for Rubies and excavate for our-
s Ivei* Th r* arose homsver a dispute between ue over the
find