Word: girling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...August 23, in a meeting of the entire delegation, Warshaw accused the Steering Committee of withholding the U. S. press summaries. (Another delegate took notes on this meeting: Warshaw now has them in his possession. A third delegate has confirmed their accuracy.) The girl who had made the opening speech admitted that the summaries were not being distributed, and stated that "we are not here as agents of the State Dept., and we are not here to disseminate their propaganda." Shevstated further that the release was "slanted and mistranslated...
Next, the notes said, "A girl arose, and with deep emotion, spoke slowly, forthrightly, and earnestly. 'I work in a trade union. We try to keep people together. There are over 200 of us and we can't stand for any wishy-washy business. People are either for or against. We get rid of those who are against. Here there are a small group of vicious people trying to disrupt our delegation. There is another small group that is native. We came here for peace. Let's make decisions. There are too many disruptive points. Let's prevent it from...
...girl rushed downstairs and tried to phone the embassy. She was prevented from doing so the said in a public statement of which Warshaw has a copy, "by the interpreter on duty, who forcibly held the phone. I threatened to go outside and scream for help, and he then permitted me to use the phone," Embassy officials rushed over and emphasized that this was a criminal act; the girl wired the organization she was representing and they ordered her to by home from Budapest immediately...
Before the girl left, the delegation held a meeting at which the incident was discussed. She stated at this time, that "I have continually been in the minority of this delegation. After the meeting yesterday in which I voiced sentiment against those of the majority I observed my suitcase and passport in good condition. Twenty minutes later my suitcase was opened and the passport tern...
...marked "discussion" at this point. One delegate arose and said he believed "it must have been a member of the minority who had done it, because the incident provided an excuse to make an official statement and call unfavorable attention to the delegation." Warshaw parenthetically remarks that the girl promised without qualification that the required statement would be given only to the State Department. The notes continue "other people expressed the view that the incident was provoked for the purpose of giving the embassy a pretext for entering the delegation and investigating its activities. Others claimed the incident was caused...