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...near the Finnish frontier. A captain, in the green-tabbed uniform of the Soviet Security Police, and a buxom woman interpreter came into my compartment. The woman pulled my bed apart and turned over the mattress. The pair found only one thing which pleased them: the embossed, lavender-colored propusk (pass) to Red Square for the May Day parade. The woman said in awe: "Neither of us has ever seen one of these. . . . Did you see Stalin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Write with the Heart | 7/7/1947 | See Source »

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