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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Allow me to add a few words to your Feb. 11 article "Anastasia", regarding the alleged fortune deposited in England by the late Czar Nicholas of Russia. In July 1917 Alexander Kerensky, the revolutionary Prime Minister, declared that "all rumors regarding the fortune of the Czar abroad is a baseless legend." Actually, what started this legend was the enormous sums in gold rubles deposited in England by the Russian Imperial government during the first World War to cover purchases for ammunition. This sum was frozen by the British government after the Communists seized power. These funds, of course, had nothing...
...Egypt, the tiny (pop. 1.8 million), nine-year-old republic of Israel heard the fateful warning of the President of the U.S.: comply or face the pressure that every headline named as sanctions. "Don't surrender," cried voices in the crowd as white-haired old (70) Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, looking grim and tight-lipped after a hectic day of Cabinet huddles, made his way into Israel's Parliament...
Since 1948 the Nationalist Government, under Prime Minister Malan and later Strijdom, has passed heavy restrictive legislation designed to protect South African whites from non-European influence. No African (black) may own land outside the Reserves, nor is he allowed to move from one area to another without written permission from the Government. The Population Registration Act provides a Register of the population in order to distinguish clearly between racial groups. The Bantu Education Act of 1949 imposed strict restrictions on the education of blacks in the Union, carefully segregating schools and curricula...
...will be introduced into every university in the non-Communist world, condemning the segregation. Though such action may have little effect, it will further remind Strijdom that his policies are in little accord with the Western principles he is trying to preserve in South Africa. The fact that the Prime Minister felt compelled to change the term "apartheid" to "separate development" indicates that he does feel some embarrassment in the face of world disapproval. Perhaps further moral recrimination will cause him a more effective blush...
...authoritative diplomatic source who would not be identified said there had been no change in the situation despite Eban's dash to talk to Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion...