Word: russian
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...contrast with his first lecture, in which he stressed the problem of an American depression as being more serious than the threat of a Russian attack, the Republican junior senator from Vermont emphasized the atom bomb as a preserver of peace, although he insisted that it should not be used "against conquered and enslaved populations...
...senator argued that the only alternative to strong armament lies in getting across the truth about United States intentions to the Russian people...
...State Department does not look with favor on this means of getting in touch with people on the other side of the barrier," he declared. "They have the idea that it will be construed as an invasion of sovereignty by the Russian government. Through some queer quirk of diplomatic reasoning, it is no invasion to shoot our words across on electromagnetic waves in the other, but it is not quite cricket to send printed material across. That's a little too unconventional. In some way it is rather raw. It is not in accordance with the niceties of diplomatic practice...
...depression threat in America worries northern Europe more than the possibility of a Russian invasion, Senator Ralph E. Flanders declared last night in Littauer auditorium...
Such as understanding appears less and less possible. In the November negotiations, the French had to drop their earlier demand that England supply a balance in Continental affairs to any strengthening of Germany. They see--as do the Germans--that England and the U.S. are bidding against the Russians for German friendship. They think the stakes are too high to play, since it will take a lot of yielding to match the Russian bid of a united Germany. They suspect a willingness in Britain and the U.S. to rearm Germany as an enemy of the East...