Word: azerbaijan
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...zones of Germany. The Greek elections wavered toward postponement because of a leftist boycott; chancelleries puzzled what to do next with Rightist Dictators Franco and Perón. The Danes politely asked Russia to loosen her grip on Bornholm island; the Iranians despairingly saw her extend her grip on Azerbaijan; the Turks were once again the object of a Moscow war of nerves...
...chance to implement his brave new words lay embarrassingly close at hand. This week Iran asked the U.S. to protest Russia's action there. Russia's refusal to quit Azerbaijan (see FOREIGN NEWS) could well be interpreted as: 1) the "unilateral gnawing away of the status quo"; 2) aggression by "coercion or pressure"; 3) an entering wedge "for further and undisclosed penetration of power"; or even 4) "a war of nerves to achieve strategic ends...
...Three met the deadline. The last G.I. quit by Jan. 1, the last Tommy before midnight on March 1. But Russia had let down deeper roots-in the Communist-controlled "autonomous" province of Azerbaijan. If the Red Army withdrew from the north, Azerbaijan would forthwith lose its autonomous props. Nor had the Kremlin had enough time to negotiate a new treaty with Iranian Premier Ahmad Gavam Saltaneh, who had been in Moscow since...
...Moscow, the "elucidation" proceeded. Susceptible Premier Gavam might be willing, but his parliamentary majority (52-to-51) was too weak for far-reaching concessions. Any plan to abrogate Iranian sovereignty over Azerbaijan would almost certainly be repudiated by a hostile House. In vain Prince Firouz, Director of Propaganda, soothingly explained the Soviet presence in troubled areas as a "friendly gesture." Angry deputies called it "an act of aggression," "a threat of another world...
...soon as he can, Asch hopes to record folk music from the southern Soviet republics of Tadjik and Azerbaijan, Greece, Hungary, South Africa and Haiti. Says he: "It's not very profitable, but it's steady...