Word: rote
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Rote. Last week the State Department (and, presumably, the diplomats most concerned) were caught with their heads in their diplomatic pouches. For a week the Department had expected a Nazi grab at Denmark and Norway-b,ut not before May 1. The night Hitler jumped the gun, Norway's slight, long-nosed Minister Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstierne paid a midnight visit to Assistant Secretary of State Adolf Berle. A telephone call from busy Mr. Berle woke Cordell Hull at 1 a.m.: Franklin Roosevelt was allowed to sleep on until 3 a.m. A special train was waiting to return...