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...Glasgow early last summer, two young Polish Jews named Mordecai Szulc and Manick Kuper met a mysterious stranger whom they knew only as George. They were veterans of the Polish Army, and they were anxious to get to Canada. George was willing to help them, for $1,500 apiece...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS: Pipeline for D.P.s | 1/26/1948 | See Source »

...little distance, six white men were grouped around another flagpole, flying the Union Jack. They were Heinrich Kuper, a German-born, naturalized planter who had lived 30 years on Santa Ana, and his five sons. Kuper suggested that the Amphion fire some star shells into the air. Scared stiff, the followers of Martin Lo lit out for the jungle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOLOMON ISLANDS: Martin Lo | 9/29/1947 | See Source »

...Planter Kuper reported that Communists had taken advantage of unemployment in the copra industry to incite the islanders. The movement, also called "Marching Rule" (Marxian Rule), was led by natives from Malaita Island, traditional headhunters who had been proselytized by Australian Communist servicemen. The Malaita agitators, according to Kuper, were in touch with a U.S.-organized Communist cell on Guadalcanal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOLOMON ISLANDS: Martin Lo | 9/29/1947 | See Source »

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