Word: chuvakhin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Said he: "I am more than ever convinced that the continuing cohesion of all the Atlantic powers, not merely the European powers, is vitally important to the preserving and reinforcing of the peace of the world . . . NATO's work ... is just getting under way." While Soviet Ambassador Dmitry Chuvakhin listened attentively from the diplomatic gallery, "Mike" Pearson continued: "The menace of Soviet imperialism remains ... If there has been improvement ... it is largely due to the increased strength and unity of the free world...
...Butcher at Work. Russians occupy the chief positions in all Albanian government departments. Soviet Minister Dmitri Chuvakhin is reported to hold Albanian cabinet meetings in his own legation. Last important Albanian minister to be critical of the Russians was Deputy Premier Koci Xoxe, friend of Yugoslavia. He was executed in June 1949. Since then the Central Committee of the Albanian Workers' Party (Communist) has gone through several purges. The new Deputy Premier and Chief of Police is an Albanian named Mehmet Shehu (rhymes with say who), a Moslem who fought for Stalin in the Spanish civil...
Behind both, working the strings, was Russian Puppetmaster Dimitri Chuvakhin, the Soviet minister. Albania, the weakest Soviet satellite, is not even a member of Russia's Cominfofm. Yet if Titoism erupted in Albania, Stalin might blame Tito, seize upon Albania as an excuse to send troops into Yugoslavia...
...Stalin's Chuvakhin is to hold on to Albania in the face of anti-Red guerrillas in the mountains and of heresy in the party. To do it, he must have a local boy as a front. Enver Hoxha has been the front so far. But Chuvakhin's fair-haired boy seems to be Mehmet Shehu...