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Show Soviet-Firing-Squad-Executes 13 Antisoviet Conspirators MOSCOW, Feb. 1 (API Thirteen convicted Trotzkyists. condemned to die for treason and sabotage, were executed by a soviet firing squad, the Tass (official Russian) news agency announced tonight. In a brief statement, Tass said: ' "The sentence of the military collegium of the supreme court of the U. S. 8. R. was carried out February 1." The 13 convicted defendants on whom sentence was passed Saturday Satur-day after a lengthy trial before three judges were listed by their last name In the declaration. I Details of the executions were not given. The prisoners, convicted of treason trea-son and sabotage In the trial in which 17 confessed plotters were punished by the highest Russian tribunal, had appealed despairingly despairing-ly to the presidium of the communist com-munist executive committee, their last resort. The committee rejected their pleas. j |