An item dated Brussels the 9th reported that the harbour of Gent was visited by two Soviet ships called Carl Liebknecht and Svoboda arrived underway from Riga towards England with a cargo of flax. The ships were already underway to their destination. The first ship measured 5.400 ton with a crew numbering 41 men all Russian and needed 7 days for the voyage Riga-Gent without entering any harbour. The second ship was smaller. The police at Gent took all precautions to prevent any contact between the citizens and the Soviet sailors.
