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...made use of nearby Russian bases for delivering supplies in Warsaw, or why Bad the Russians themselves not given air supply to the Bor force? The answer was not immediately forthcoming but Moscow did have something to say about the politics of the situation. The Warsaw rebels, said Pravda, had been "foully deceived by a group of adventurous and political speculators of London emigré governments...
...Said Pravda: "During the short period of its existence, the Polish Committee of National Liberation has become a decisive factor in uniting the Polish nation. . . . There is no unity among Polish émigrés. .. ." Said Izvestia: "If the London émigré government wants to reorganize it must break away from the Sosnokowski group, cease anti-Soviet slander, rally around the new Polish Committee...
...Later Pravda's front page announced the arrival of Polish National Committee .delegates for talks with Premier Mikolajczyk. From liberated Poland to Moscow a Russian warplane flew Committee President Boleslaw Berut, Chairman Edward Osubka-Morawski, Vice Chairman Andrei Witos and Defense Chief General Michal Rola-Zymierski. A Red Army band and a guard of honor welcomed them. Chairman Osubka-Morawski made a speech. He too was smiling...
...million Muscovites thronged Gorky Street, jampacked balconies and bus tops to watch the procession. Hundreds of Russian militiamen struggled to keep back the curious crowds. Pravda had warned: "No hooting." Most Muscovites watched in silence; only a few muttered: "Bandits! Murderers! Killers!" Once a woman screamed: "Give me back my daughter! Give me back my daughter!" The crowd hushed her. For the most part, the gauntlet the Germans ran was a silent one. But it was a gauntlet: the hatred in the air was almost a solid...
...pink-walled Kremlin the postman brought the usual batch of patriotic letters for Tovarishcha Stalina, the usual donations ranging from 50,000 to 1,000,000 rubles for Red Army weapons.*The one Comrade Stalin liked the best and the one Pravda featured came from gnarled, patriarchal Ferapont Golovaty, father of four, grandfather of ten, keeper of the bees and assistant chief of a collective farm in the Saratov region...