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Red Army
Two 18-year-old youths oj Suva, Nikola Umuvutia, a Fijian, and Said Hussein, an Indian, who stowed away on the Russian IGY oceano graphic survey ship “Vitiaz” when she left Suva for NZ, were given one month’s im prisonment when they were returned to Suva on De cember 19.
Hussein only wanted a cheap trip to New Zealand, but Umuvutia had bigger ambi tions—he wanted to join the Red Army.
“Vitiaz” had sailed from Suva before they got in their stock of food, so they had to give themselves up sooner than expected. They said they had been treated very kindly by the Russians.
“Vitiaz” hove-to outside Suva and the boys were taken off in a police launch, late at night. They descended into the Government launch to the accompaniment of popping Russian flash-b u lbs. The picture of the Fijian who wanted to join the Red Army will (probably make an in teresting news item back home.