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Schine, another McCarthy aide, and they had come to investigate the U.S. Information Service in Europe. Hamburg's Die Welt promptly dubbed them Schnuffler (snoopers), a name that dogged them through Europe. But in USIS centers from Berlin to Belgrade, all work ceased when they appeared...
Their specific mission, explained Schnuffler Cohn, was to "see if there's waste and mismanagement, and to pin down responsibility." They also planned to question possible security risks among employees of the U.S. High Commission for Germany, and, as an added assignment, they would inspect the books on the shelves of USIS libraries. Cohn and Schine reckoned it would take them only about ten days to accomplish their staggering mission...
...eager to explain to McCarthy and his committee. Moreover, he added, he had been engaged in anti-Soviet propaganda work in Europe "for more years than Senator McCarthy's two junketing gumshoes have been out of school." (Cohn and Schine are both 26 years old.) The Schnuffler telephoned Washington frequently, interviewed scores of anonymous Germans and Austrians, refused all social overtures of the press. Though reporters were startled, Cohn remained cool and collected when his wristwatch alarm went off in the midst of a Vienna press conference. By then it was almost time for the Schnuffler to leave Europe...
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