A scout sent independently to western Siberia by a Petrograd group which included Anna Vyrubova came back with the news that Rasputin’s son-in-law had assumed sole responsibility for rescuing the Imperial Family. On hearing the magic name, Anna urged all her fellow conspirators to avoid any interference with Soloviev’s network and to confine their activity to raising funds for it. In so doing, she inadvertently helped to doom her exiled friends. The emissary of still another monarchist organization who reached Tiumen was warned off. by Soloviev and gave up the attempt to establish direct
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