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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...United Nations. The facts also show that the Soviet Union does not now desire such conferences. The Russians know how to do diplomatic business; they know that the way to got things done is not through the agency of the world press. In 1939, when Russia wanted to make a deal with Nazi Germany, the Soviet propaganda machine switched from an anti-Nazi Germany, the soviet propaganda machine switched from an anti-Nazi campaign to a conciliatory position, and the subsequent negotiations were all highly secret and ultra-diplomatic. The Russians are adept at international poker. They don't negotiate...

Author: By David E. Lilienthal jr., | Title: Cabbages and Kings | 2/9/1949 | See Source »

...future, the Soviets may make legitimate movements toward the settlement of international disputes. They may work honestly to effect a Truman-Stalin meeting without ballyhoo and propagandizing motives. This would be an excellent beginning to East-West agreements, and it must be earnestly followed up by Washington. But even this could not solve the world's troubles. There can be no side-sweeping Truman-Stalin "deals." Only a concert of Western powers can bargain with Russia. If Truman and Stalin tried to compromise their way to a more comfortable "peace," the patient work of the North Atlantic group of powers...

Author: By David E. Lilienthal jr., | Title: Cabbages and Kings | 2/9/1949 | See Source »

Associate Dean Robert B. Watson '37, however, informed the group that University officials do not want the Harvard name to be used in connection with sponsored programs and students should not be connected with similar ventures. Watson said that only the Corporation could make a final decision...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Smoker Committee Gives Up Plans for CBS, Life Publicity | 2/8/1949 | See Source »

...cash comes to other forms of music. But it's nice to see a beardless youth like Wilber playing it straight, playing it so close to Cambridge, and playing it so well. Wilber on the low notes, Hall on the high ones, and Archey's trombone make the Savoy's offering as good as anything going. Charles W. Halley...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wilber and Hall | 2/8/1949 | See Source »

Once arrived in Saigon, secret agent Powell proceeds to make himself extremely inconspicuous. After a thorough scrubbing, he dons a white lines suit and goes to a local nightspot where he stands at the bar and drinks champagne. So far, so good...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Rogues' Regiment | 2/7/1949 | See Source »

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