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Word: gromykoâ (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1947-1947
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...effect: the Greek Government is to blame for all the border troubles. Foreign military missions (meaning the U.S. and British) must be withdrawn. Foreign economic aid (meaning U.S.) must be subject to a commission that included Russia. Otherwise the situation would end in the servitude of Greece. (Later, Gromyko???who has conscientiously learned to speak excellent English even though he persists in speaking Russian most of the time?poked a pencil at the translator and said that he had meant "enslavement" and not "servitude.") Intervention by Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Albania was a "myth. Intervention cannot be concealed in bushes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: Negative Neanderthaler | 8/18/1947 | See Source »

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