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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...overzealous snooping, gossip and talebearing which seemed to be one price of national security. Presumably the noisy little defense attorney thought he was serving his client by spreading the reports on the record; his aim, apparently, was to show the jury that what she took was not of much importance. The judge had done his painful duty as he saw it. "I'm here to see that justice is done," Judge Reeves explained. "If the reading of the report imperils the Government, the Government ought not to be [in court]." Neither was the FBI to blame; by the nature...
Report from ND 402. The FBI documents consisted of reports from confidential informants who identified themselves with mysterious symbols such as EP T1, ND 402, and T-7. Much of the information was obviously gossip and hearsay; there was no assessment of the informants' reliability, and their varied statements were unrelated and fragmentary. Nevertheless, the effect was sensational...
Neither under the Czars nor under the Commissars have the Russians had much experience at settling strikes. Last week the commandants of the three Western powers pitched in to help the Russians get an agreement. The strikers are demanding all of their pay in West marks because most of them live and work in the Western sectors. The Russians, who control the entire city rail transit system, have offered 60% of the workers' pay in West marks. Last week Ernst Reuter, Socialist Mayor of (West) Berlin, appeared at a strike meeting and offered to add 15% from city funds...
...Years later, Preston told another officer why he had chosen McCloy as staff aide. "One day at Fort Ethan Allen, I walked behind him after he had been riding. I could see blood all over his pants. I said to myself, any man who could keep riding with that much pain must be a damn good officer...
Nevertheless, South Korean troops show determination to defend their country. Americans here (including some with long experience in China) insist that the Koreans are a much better bet politically and militarily than the Chinese were...