21 MAY 1927, Page 2

On Thursday, May 12th, the police raided the offices of

Arcos, Ltd., and the Russian Trade Delegation, which are in the same building in Moorgate Street. The search continued for several days. The primary object of the raid was to discover a missing State document of high importance which the Government had good reason to believe had been taken to the Arcos offices. The staff of Arcos and the Delegation formally refused to give up the keys of most of the safes or to open certain rooms. The police discovered an extraordinary number and variety of safes, which were in effect strong rooms, hidden behind the panels. When the door of one room was forced a member of the staff was discovered burning documents. The missing State paper was not found.