| Summary: | Russians Will Fly Over North Pole. Russians Will Fly Over North Pole WASHINGTON, July ,12.—(I.N. g,)_Soviet Russia today asked the United States for permissign_rto send Soviet aviators on a flight across the North Poles- • Ambassador Alexander Troy- anovsky called at, the state department and informed Assistant Secretary of State Moore that his government would like permission to make the flight. He said the pur- post was to gather meteorological data for the Soviet air force. , The ambassador was informed Lhat permission undoubtedly would he granted but that the bureau of America's claim to sovereignty ■iver territory around the North Pole. The ambassador did not indicate just when the flight was contemplated.
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