Word: redness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Well,' said the FBI man, 'we can't let you in. You're a Red. Only Reds talk about peace . . . You're a Moscow agent because you have a beard...
...ease the strain of revolution by talking of moderation. He hoped to allay the fears of capitalists and technicians, both Chinese and foreigners. New phrases which sounded like U.S. factory slogans urged workers to "study technique and raise production efficiency, cherish your implements and save raw materials." Said a Red soldier in Tsinan: "In the villages we have to eliminate feudalism and boost production, and in the cities we have to protect industry and commerce so that production may be increased." Within Communist ranks, leaders announced "self-examination conferences" for "correction of leftist tendencies...
...first, the Red press in Paris attacked Davis as "a charlatan, a tool of AngloSaxon imperialism." Then came a thoughtful silence. Finally last week the Communist weekly France Nouvelle came out with an article carrying discreet support. Said France Nouvelle: "As Zhdanov showed, the first duty is to work for the unity of the anti-imperialist camp. We should not be doing this by first doubting the sincerity of Garry Davis." This Communist gobbledygook could be translated as: "The Davis movement is useful to us, can be more useful. The order is-infiltrate...
When nearby Yenching University was occupied, the commissar of local Red forces called on the university's administrative committee. He apologized for interruption of electric service and promised the university would have current from the newly captured Peiping power station within three days...
...Chengchow, a rail junction for east-west and north-south traffic in Honan, two Shanghai cotton brokers reported "all was quiet." Their warehouse of cotton had been untouched by the Communists. Said a Red officer: "When the kettle belonged to Chiang, we tried to break it; now that it is ours, we want to preserve...