Word: russianizing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...head. Zhdanov said that Thorez had not stuck close enough "to the basic and permanent principles of proletarian internationalism." As was clear from the rest of the letter, this Communist gobbledygook meant that Thorez was deemed guilty of substituting a modicum of French nationalism for 100% subservience to Russian nationalism, as interpreted by the Kremlin bosses...
...keystone in the dike against Communism which the U.S. is trying to build. Allied officials had feared that the Germans would stall or get bogged down in squabbles between the Social Democrats and the Christian Democrats. But in Coblenz, too, Western Germany's new unity before the Russian onslaught worked wonders. The tall, slim bottles of Rhine wine and the excellent cuisine generously furnished by the French may have helped. Socialists and Christian Democrats basically agreed to the Allied proposals...
...charge of nationalism against Tito is a different matter. That one is true, and it is precisely the point where Tito's party is much more closely akin to the Russian party than the Czech, Hungarian, French, British or U.S. Communist parties...
...other politician, knows that he can often increase his power by promising people what they want for themselves or their nation. If he can identify himself and his party with the patriotic feelings which nearly all men have, so much the better. In doing so, however, a non-Russian Communist often finds that he has to play down the Soviet Union (which is not popular in other countries). Many Communist bosses, including Togliatti in Italy and Thorez in France, have partly succumbed to the "nationalist" temptation because it makes easier their road to power...
...down on them, as it did last week on Maurice Thorez (see below). Tito, however, runs much less risk of Moscow-inspired revolt in his party against his nationalist line. He can enforce his will in his own backyard exactly the way Stalin can enforce his will in the Russian party...