Word: scaled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Biggest factor in this problem of Europe was the control of Germany. Emphasis on separate zonal control would mean strong Soviet influence all the way to central Germany. Such a result at the center of European gravity might tip the scale so that all Europe would gradually slide toward Russia. Men close to Truman said that he wanted a highly integrated control of Germany, either abolishing the zones altogether, or setting policy for all of them by genuine joint action. Germany's reparations, deindustrialization, and borders were essential parts of the general question of Europe's fate...
...appears quiet in Athens and Salonika. But all sources agree that danger lies ahead unless the excesses of the right are checked and checked quickly. In effect, these excesses differ little from those reported in Yugoslavia. Arrests, imprisonments and murders have been carried out on a large scale. The British are just as agitated by this swing to the right as they were by the left swing, and are laboring to check...
...Russians had exacted "reparations in kind" on a large scale. When the British occupied their area of Berlin, they found the immense plant of Rheinmetall-Borsig (25 blocks, 70,000 workers) stripped of heavy machinery that had produced gasoline and Tiger tanks. Of 2,500 machines, only 300 were left. Key equipment from textile mills, sugar refineries and other factories had also made the long trip to Russia. Said a German manager appointed by the Russians: "There is no question of our producing anything. Our productive capacity is absolutely...
...common to discuss. ... He made his bed; let him lie in it." Back in England, 24-year-old Norah, confident that the Sergeant would send for her and the three surviving, dumplingesque babies, looked forward eagerly to a trip to the U.S.: "They do things on such a bigger scale over there...
...expected G.I. invasion of the small-business field via Federal aid is only a small-scale infiltration. Around 2,000,000 men will return to civilian life in the coming year, and those honorably discharged are eligible to apply for loans. But last week the Veterans Administration said it had guaranteed only 738 G.I. Bill loans for businesses, only 270 for farms (but 11,220 for homes). Total amount underwritten...