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Show eaa m iff 'sued a statement declaring It ahao-I ahao-I lutcly untrue that his company had made new contracts with the Kuaalans. "My company has had negot la tlona with the soviet, baaed on former and atlll eilatlng trade agreements between Kngland and the soviet, for several months concerning oil conccaalnna. but nothing la settled." he said. "I met M. Kraaaln (soviet mlnlater of foreign trade) In (lenna and told him I could not dlacuss conceaalons until the conference con-ference waa ended and we knew the exact ex-act relations between our govern inents." On the other hand, some delegates say they have Information that Important Import-ant contracts have been signed and on'- need ratification by the Moscow government. These contracts are alleged al-leged to provide for a monopoly of the distribution of half, and some say the whole, of Russia's oil output. Oil Live Topic For Discussion , GENOA, May S (By A. P.) Oil was a live subject fog discussion In confer-1 confer-1 ence el role today, with everybody de-1 de-1 bylng that anything definite had been j done about disposing of Rifsaia's big , ell fields or granting monopolies for 1 tha distribution of the oil produced there. M. Rakorsky, spokesman for the Russian soviet delegation, declared that no contract had been signed with the Bhell group of English oil companies, com-panies, as widely published, while Colo-j Colo-j tie! Boyle, representative of the Shell j Transport end Trading company, ls- |