Thursday, November 12, 2009

No Politics for Grand Duke Boris

November 12, 1929

Grand Duke Boris arrived today in New York aboard the German Lloyd liner, Bremen, reports the Chicago Daily Tribune. This is Boris' first visit to the United States since 1925. He told reporters that he plans to visit friends, and he and his family "were out of politics and were possibly much happier for it."
When asked if he thought other members of the exiled Romanov family "dreams of overthrowing the Soviet regime," the Grand Duke responded: "you cannot shoot unless you have a gun."

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