Word: germanism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...State John Foster Dulles today blasted the Soviet Union's proposals for Germany as brutal, stupid and probably unworkable. Coupling this harsh criticism with an implied promise of flexibility, Dulles added that this country is willing to meet with the Soviet Union, Britain and France to discuss the German problem...
...Soviet Union's proposal to isolate and demilitarize Germany is not only brutal, as West German Chancellor contended Monday, but "it's a stupid approach because we don't think it will work...
...West Berliners, the notes said, "is a right and responsibility solemnly accepted by the three Western powers." But, they added, if Khrushchev will abandon the "menace" of his six-month timetable, the three would be ready to discuss Berlin's status as part of a larger German settlement involving free elections and reunification...
This week East Germans are snickering at the 100th issue of Tarantel since its founding in 1950. In the four-color cover cartoon, Communist Boss Walter Ulbricht is a pirate whose wooden leg, watered by vodka, has taken root in a Red army helmet. The caption: "Forward into 1959." Tarantel's description of East Germany's Defense Minister Heinz Kessler: "Third German to desert on the Russian front." Lead v. Gold. The man who puts the sting into Tarantel is a dapper, driving Berliner who goes by the name of Heinrich Baer. Baer has reason to hate...
...month about half of Tarantel's press run of 250,000-300,000 goes to West Berliners; the rest is slipped into East Germany. Tarantel is designed for hidden persuasion: the size of a theater program, it can be concealed in a book, fits easily into a standard German envelope. Baer's remarkable distribution system includes mailings from other countries, including Russia, and delivery by underground members, who delight in dropping copies into Stalin Alice mailboxes and onto the bookshelves of the Soviet House of Culture. Replies to a standard request for reader comment ("Don't forget...