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...tiptoe to speak over his wife's shoulder (he also had a bullet hole in his forehead), "I am Nicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias, Tsar of Moscow, Kiev, Novgorod, Kazan, Astrakhan, of Poland, Siberia and Georgia, Grand Duke of Smolensk, Lithuania, Podolia and Finland, Prince of Estonia, Livonia and Bialystok, Lord of Pskov, Riazan, Yaroslavl, Vitebsk and All the Region of the North, Lord...
...currency and currency problems. So far, TLI has had to establish 24 basic subscription prices in local currencies and 60 different newsstand rates. In several countries yearly subscription prices must equal or exceed the total of 52 newsstand copies. In Norway, all subscriptions must be entered through agents; in Finland, through the post office. In New Zealand, no new subscriptions at all may be solicited. In China, because of currency fluctuations, newsstand prices are subject to change weekly...
Bread was a powerful weapon in the New Comintern's fight on the Marshall Plan. The Soviet Union had already committed itself to distribute 850,000 tons among Eastern European satellites-Czechoslovakia (400,000), Poland (300,000), Finland (150,000)-plus unknown amounts to Rumania and Bulgaria. There were also hints of Soviet grain for France, Belgium, Norway in exchange for industrial machinery...
Molotov made that clear to Hitler in 1940 during the days of the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact. Molotov demanded recognition of Russian interests in Rumania, Bulgaria, the Dardanelles and Finland, besides the Baltic states and part of Poland, as the price of continuing friendship. In fact, Byrnes believes that Molotov's stubborn rooting away at Europe's fences was what sent Hitler into a rage and precipitated the Nazi invasion of Russia...
...Portugal, Sweden, Canada (French and English), Egypt, Finland, Japan, Australia, Denmark, France, Belgium, Switzerland (French) and Norway...