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Word: bureaux (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Wifely curiosity soon got the better of Harriet. One night, she opened Desmond's briefcase and found a manuscript signed with his name. "With reference to Bureaux Instruction," she read, "... I appreciate the vital . . . importance to Soviet security of acquiring the details of Anglo-American general strategy without delay. ... I have taken steps to ensure [my wife's] ignorance and, in view of her youth and political illiteracy, it is impossible for her to entertain the smallest suspicions. . . . [But] I suggest that the method of communicating by blank postcard should be discontinued...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Serpent in Uniform | 4/19/1948 | See Source »

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