Word: azerbaijan
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Moscow's contingent (from the Soviet Republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kirghizia, Kazakstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan) got in some propaganda punches for Russia's brand of imperialism. Said the Armenian delegate: "My people were backward until we became a part of the U.S.S.R.; after this event our period of hardship ended forever." The Russian section had a formula for every problem: try Communism...
...Nazis tried to sweep the tables in World War II by Rommel's drive into Egypt. The Russians placed a tentative bet only a year ago, lost out with their fiasco in Azerbaijan, Iran. Now Russia has raised the ante by threatening Greece and Turkey. Last week, President Truman dealt in the U.S. - in a diplomatic way -by asking for a $400,000,000 loan to Greece and Turkey, accompanied by mili tary advisers and weapons (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS). The loud talk was all of Greece and Turkey, but the whispers be hind the talk were of the ocean...
Sometimes resistance to Communist pressure would be as direct and ruthless as that at Maragha in Persia, where four men accused as leaders of the Communist-inspired revolt in Azerbaijan province were hanged (see cut) as examples to others who might be tempted to follow the Russian line...
...major digs are now in progress. In Russian Azerbaijan, close to the Persian border, the Soviet Government is building a hydroelectric dam. Red Army tanks, doubling as bulldozers, uncovered relics which looked so interesting that experts from Baku took over...
Europe believed Byrnes. The great Russian recessional began. As the year waned the Russian-stooge government in Azerbaijan collapsed. Communist-sponsored candidates lost the Berlin elections. Moscow reduced its German garrisons. Pressure on Turkey eased. Europe began to breathe more easily...