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Word: russophobia (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1943-1943
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...greatest obstacle [in defining a positive Swedish policy] perhaps is Russophobia. Here Foreign Minister and Career Diplomat Christian Gunther and the Social Democrats find common ground. The latter most fear the Communists. . . . Fear of Russian intentions after the war is a dominant note as an Allied victory seems more certain. . . . The situation would be worse were it not for the presence in Stockholm during the past decade of one of the most remarkable, yet little known, figures in Europe: Alexandra Kollontay, Soviet Minister to Stockholm and first fully accredited woman diplomat in modern times. One of the last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SWEDEN: Neutrality in Our Time | 5/31/1943 | See Source »

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