Word: commissioner
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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The name John Reed, which should be familiar to all English Aa Students through his "Almost Thirty" is that of the foreign correspondent, who took a roving commission through Europe in the 1910 to 1920 period. As a newspaperman, Reed covered the Russian revolution and the Mexican revolt, becoming a...
Senator Brien McMahon, in fact, was all for taking foreign observers along-a gesture of good will. State Secretary Byrnes approved and so did the House Naval Affairs Committee-so long as no details were disclosed. The Atomic Commission would consist of representatives of Russia, Great Britain, France, China, Australia...
"During Stalin's vacation the Politburo got into a fight. Communist Central Committee Secretary Andrei Zhdanov, Chairman of the Communist Party Control Commission Andrei Andreiev and People's Commissar of Foreign Trade Anastas Mikoyan urged a moderate Soviet foreign policy. Foreign Commissar Viacheslav Molotov and Commissar of Internal...
Winston Churchill, last in Cuba as an impetuous young lieutenant taking a first excited peek at a shooting war, returned after 51 years of a roving commission. In 1895 he had ridden (as an observer) with a Spanish column pursuing Cuban rebels through the bullet-buzzing jungle; now he rode...
Disposal of Army & Navy surplus property abroad is going so badly that the U.S. has decided to lend foreign governments the money to buy it. So the Foreign Liquidation Commission reluctantly admitted last week. Already being discussed are 3O-year loans totaling $210 million: $100 million to Russia, $50 million...