DEFENCE: World War Two: Ivan Maisky honours convoy heroes at Soviet Embassy in London (1943)

BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Ambassador of the Soviet Union Ivan Maisky decorates twelve seamen in London for gallantry on Northern convoys. Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: ’Maisky honours convoy heroes’ ENGLAND: London: Soviet Embassy: Embassy garden, Ivan Maisky (Soviet diplomat) with recipients on balcony, cameraman in foreground / Maisky and party on balcony Ivan Maisky (Soviet diplomat) speech on balcony SOT - Today, I have the great pleasure to bestow, on behalf of my Government, the Soviet decorations on a number of officers and men of your Royal Navy and your Merchant Navy Maisky with Captain Maxwell Richmond (Royal Navy) and and Captain Richard Onslow (Royal Navy) (recipients of the Order of the Red Banner) / Maisky with Naval men / Maisky holding medal (Order of the Patriotic War) with Mrs. Collins and her two daughters / Maisky w