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...Deryeshnev they were arrested and sent on to Khabarovsk, where they were told the GPU would determine their status. At Khabarovsk another official asked them: "Who is your father?" Said Peter: "He is a farmer. He owns 160 acres, 38 hogs, some farm machinery, four horses, and 15 head of cattle." "Ah, ha!" said the prosecutor. "Your father is a kulak." So Peter and John Stevens were thrown into a nice, new Soviet prison, six stories tall, and tried for espionage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Eastern Aeneid | 3/24/1941 | See Source »

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