Word: meyendorff
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...whole life is dedicated to the building of Socialism and the Soviet Union," Baron Alexander Meyendorff, a white Russian working here for his Ph.D., stated yesterday...
...Meyendorff, who is a relative of Princo Ussupov, the assassin of Rasputin, expressed "confidence in the leadership of Russia. Nowadays a leader must be supported by a majority of the people, especially the poorer classes, must be a good Marxist, and must have talent, Stalin has all three...
Referring to the annexation of the Baltic countries, Meyendorff asserted that it was "a continuation of the Civil War. Whole regiments in the Red Army were composed solely of Latvians, who gained a reputation of bravery fighting on all fronts including Siberia and the South...
...reference to the recent stories in the newspapers concerning a possible effort by the U. S. to prevent Russian help to Japan, Meyendorff pointed out that Russia's exports to Japan are practically nil and that 80% of Japan's imports come from...
...Meyendorff left Russia in 1921 at the age of eleven and stayed in France for six years, after which he came to America and received his B.S. and M.S. at the University of California. He has been trying to get back to the Soviet Union for five years, but has been unable to secure a visa "because of the international situation...