Word: statement
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Stalin answered another questionnaire from a U.S. reporter* this week. Would he meet with Truman at a "mutually suitable place?" Said Stalin: "I have already stated before that there is no objection to a meeting." He also said that Russia would "consider" a joint peace statement with the U.S. And he would be glad to lift the Berlin blockade, on his old terms. White House reaction: Truman is still willing to meet Stalin, in Washington...
...Sentinels. But China did not yet have peace. The Reds, who had earlier agreed to negotiations, were making the most of victory. Acting President Li, in Nanking, sent an urgent personal appeal to Communist Boss Mao Tse-tung. The victor let the vanquished dangle. The Communist radio broadcast a statement that there could be no peace before the government had demonstrated its "sincerity" by handing over "war criminals" to the Communists: "Chiang Kai-shek is especially important. The said criminal has now fled and may very possibly go abroad to hide beneath the cloak of American and British imperialism...
...margarine Communist. In a pamphlet entitled "The New Democracy" (1940), Mao carefully explained how he intends to rule China. The pamphlet is a clear statement of the "soft" line which the Reds use in a "given historic phase,". i.e., until they are strong enough to use brass knuckles. China, says Mao, is still largely a "feudal" country. Before it can have its Communist revolution against the bourgeoisie, the bourgeoisie must first have its revolution against "feudalism." These two separate steps (which occurred centuries apart in Europe) can, in China, be blended into a continuous process. But the first step...
...next Tory target was the throne speech, the government's statement of policy. The speech hinted at tax cuts, promised bigger baby bonuses for large families and a royal commission to study national cultural development...
...chilly Wiesbaden home last week, Walter Gieseking, one of the five greatest living pianists,* huddled close to a small iron stove. He wrote a statement for the German press: "The German people may not understand what has happened in New York . . . They might think all America was demonstrating." But, in his opinion, "the demonstrators were only a small minority, just excited people...