Word: premier
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...victims even of historical murder scream. The London Poles reacted violently. Said an official communiqué: "Violation . . . of the Atlantic Charter and the right of every nation to defend its own interests. . . . The fifth partition of Poland now accomplished by her Allies." Cried septuagenarian Premier Tomasz Arciszewski: "The Polish nation does not believe in the promises of Russia to guarantee a free, democratic Poland...
...veteran Socialist Premier was not one of those Poles abroad (160,000 soldiers and 200,000 civilians, not counting those in Russia) who would be welcomed back to Warsaw. The Red Army's Red Star had said bluntly: "The road to Poland is barred for those who now spread . . . libelous rumors of the 'partition' of Poland by Allied powers...
...Star had also said kind words-the first in many months-for Peasant Party leader and ex-Premier Stanislaw Mikolajczyk: "Among Polish émigré groups, Mikolajczyk and his supporters have refused to recognize the decisions of the London émigré Government. It is possible that among this group and even among others there will be many people ready to take upon themselves the responsibility for the future fate of Poland and participate in a reorganized Polish Government." Two days later, Moscow's Pravda attacked Mikolajczyk for criticizing the Yalta agreement on Poland and thereby aligning himself with...
...darkness of censorship and isolation, radio waves brought a troubled voice from Russian-occupied Rumania. It was the voice of Premier Nicolai Radescu, a greying professional soldier with scant political experience but a strong executive hand. General Radescu had taken office last December with approval of the Allied Control Commission. His chief task was to forge a Government of "national unity" to carry out Moscow's armistice terms. Now he complained bitterly that the leftist National Democratic Front (N.D.F.) was obstructing his every effort...
...Premier had planned to address the country from Scala Hall, a Bucharest movie house. But 1,000 N.D.F. strong-arm men, he said, had barred his entry, shouted: "Down with General Radescu...