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Within a day, the capital was out of meat and low on gasoline. As though by plan, President Jacobo Arbenz declared an emergency, summoned his Cabinet and seized the road. As trains began to move again, Alfonso Bauer Paiz, who proudly proclaims his hatred of "foreign monopolies," was named government interventor...
...paradise by poling a two-run homer into the stands. Then the Yankees struck back; in the last of the ninth, with runners on first and second, Billy Martin drove a line single through the infield. It was his twelfth hit of the series. More important, it scored Hank Bauer with the run that made the Yankees World Champions for another year. Score: Yankees, 4; Dodgers...
...Inkeles adds, "Bauer's team broke through the suspicion with its sincerity and convinced the people that this was a scientific scholarly work and that we weren't the NVKD or FBI." The refugees, both Bauer and Inkeles agreed, wanted to talk to someone they trusted. "Once they became convinced of our scholarly purpose they became enthusiastic." In fact, as Inkeles points out, the problem then became stopping them. "The Russians are big talkers, very voluble, and they like to reminisce. We tried to hold interviews down to 12 hours, two hours in the morning, two in the afternoon...
...Senators found, the practical value of such a program could seem quits intangible until one is in a position to apply research material into psychological warfare or economic planning., "People must realize the problem in translation between basic research and operational research," Bauer says. "We're getting at the basic principles for psychological warfare, not writing radio scripts. We're trying to find where the Russians can be shaken and where they can't be shaken...
Considering the intensity of their reaction to the Soviet system and the widespread dissatisfaction which the refugees report, one would expect the escapees from Russia to play up the instability of the regime. It is quite striking therefore, according to Bauer and Inkeles, that the informants were almost unanimous in agreeing that there are virtually no chances for an internal revolution or any other form of marked change in the Soviet system brought about spontaneously from within the country. Only by application of force from the outside, the refugees insist, will it be possible to overthrow the present regime...