Word: savonenkov
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...most sinister figure around Helsinki is that of Lieut. General Grigory Savonenkov, the Soviet minister, a bullyragging, bellowing, table-pounding type. Savonenkov's arrival in Helsinki in mid-January was the first tip-off to the Finns that trouble was brewing. At that time I filed you a brief piece about his arrival, and the Moscow censor deleted his military title and all reference to his general's uniform. This time I inquired whether he was still wearing the uniform. The reply from a competent Finnish observer: "I think he sleeps...
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