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Sinelnikoff, Simon

File Number: 15153/40-1
Name: Sinelnikoff, Simon
Sex: M
Place of birth: Russia
Date of birth: 1887
Date of arrival: 04/10/1916
Name of ship: Shinyo Maru
Days in Detention: 6 weeks
Notes: Farmer; From Cherikoff to Harbin to Yokohama (1 mo, no work); Friend in SF; Paid guard and guide 50 roubles to cross Russian border into Harbin and 300 roubles from Harbin to Chinchun, eight hours of travel; Paid 200 roubles for external passport which contained false information; HIAS asked to help contact witness; Excluded as LPC; HIAS appeals; Landed 5/23/16;