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...black), and, more recently, Red Thais (from the political colors they wear), who have their own autonomous administration in southern Yunnan (Red China). But Thais, of one color or another, inhabit Viet Nam, Laos, Cambodia, Siam and northern Burma. In Laos the Communists have already set up their own puppet government (see above), but Communist propaganda speaks of "liberating" the Thai people as a whole and establishing among them a "Free Asian Republic...
...Czechoslovakia, chairman and secretary general of the Czechoslovak Communist Party. Of all Western Communists, Gottwald stood closest to new Soviet Boss Malenkov during the funeral ceremonies; only Chou En-lai of Red China stood closer. Although, in Moscow's view, Gottwald was merely a tried and trusty puppet, to the Czechs he was an absolute boss and tyrant. He had in his hands the government, the party, the army, the police. Four months ago he had hanged the last of his visible rivals, Rudolf Slansky, and all known Slansky adherents were eliminated with their leader. Thus, in Moscow last...
Terming the East German government "a puppet regime backed by Soviet arms," Conant denounced East German Communist leaders. He accused them of establishing concentration camps, burning books, and destroying academic freedom...
...headline: THE CLIMATE OF FEAR. Below was an article by Mirror Reporter William Connor, just returned from the U.S. A congressional investigation, wrote Connor in a fantastic comparison, "reminds you of the Communist trials, the horrible . . . Slansky affair in Prague, the grisly Mindszenty farce and a dozen other dismal puppet shows on the other side of the Iron Curtain...
...build a monument to its famous little wooden-headed citizen. Each contributor has received a certificate entitling him to tell one harmless lie a week without damage to his nose. Last week such a license was on its way to Walt Disney, who filmed the story of the puppet in 1939 and who had sent a contribution...