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...Between 500,000 and 800,000 North Koreans were casualties during the war; between 1,500,000 and 3,500,000 fled to the south...
Never in Latin American history had the tradition of diplomatic asylum been so heavily used or so flagrantly abused. With the collapse of Jacobo Arbenz' Communist-manned government, about 900 people fled to nine embassies, taking the time-honored escape route after losing a revolution. Some of the refugees were top officials of the old regime, notably Arbenz himself, most of his Cabinet and a quorum of Congress. Others were panicky henchmen, fearful that they might be held responsible for the last month of Red terror, beatings and killings. In bad conscience, many thought it prudent to take with...
...Fled to a cave...
...social gathering there in April 1950, a young woman asked the Senator: "Just how long ago did you discover Communism?" McCarthy's answer: "Two and a half months!" By that time, Woltman recalled, twelve top U.S. Communists had been convicted, Gerhart Eisler had jumped his bail and fled the country, Alger Hiss had been convicted of perjury, and Klaus Fuchs had been arrested in Britain. Said Woltman: "Senator McCarthy, although he often took credit, had no hand in [these cases. His] knowledge and understanding of Communism were sparse." Nevertheless, McCarthy has been able to build up the myth that...
Died. Dr. Vincas Kreve-Mickevicius, 71, short-time (June-August, 1940) Foreign Minister of Lithuania; of a heart ailment; in Marple, Pa. Ousted from his post for protesting Russia's seizure of power in Lithuania, Dr. Kreve-Mickevicius fled in 1944, taught Russian at the University of Pennsylvania from 1947 until his retirement last year...