Word: bern
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Minister Leland Harrison in Bern, and then in proper code (11 hours late...
...Long Wait. The official version of this answer to the Japs was 17 hours on the diplomatic route from Washington to Bern to Tokyo. The Japanese press and domestic radio, silent on the proposals and counterproposals themselves, alternately prepared the Japanese people for surrender and for a finish fight...
Russia's news blackout of Rumania was pierced again last week by rifle flashes and the suggestion of muffled cries, scudding feet and bodies thudding in the dark. From Bern, Switzerland, New York Timesnum Daniel T. Brigham reported somewhat luridly that in Bucharest Communists had attacked the Royal Palace, other State buildings. Communist outbreaks were said to have taken place also in Brasov, Craiova and Caracal. The Red Army took no part in the fighting...
...Paul Morand, high-toned novelist (Ouvert la Nuit; Fermé la Nuit), became Vichy Ambassador at Budapest, then at Bern-where he prudently remains...
Beyond the battle lines, under the hard official crust, the Reich was heaving. From Berlin came persistent stories of peace riots. There were frequent killings in the streets. Travelers to Bern and Stockholm now began to report that Germans might revolt. The Russian radio broadcast easy lessons in disarming police patrols. Said Moscow: "A hefty stick will get you a revolver; to get a rifle and a few grenades with the help of a pistol is no work of art." Himmler announced appointment of a new police chief for Berlin...