Word: svetlana
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...Swiss pride themselves on discreetly welcoming even the most notorious guest, but even they were hard put last week to keep their cool. Into their midst dropped perhaps the biggest defector ever to leave the Soviet Union, Stalin's daughter Svetlana. That was bad enough, but it was nothing compared with the force of 200 reporters and TV cameramen that fanned across the country in search of Svetlana, to whom the Swiss gave a visa and the promise of privacy. While Swiss detectives plotted the newsmen's progress like generals keeping tabs on enemy guerrillas, the international press...
...more facts became known about Svetlana's defection, it became clear that it was a long-considered and well-planned move. Svetlana was not getting along with the leaders of the Kremlin, who have taken a special interest in her since her father's death. They provided her with a flat in Moscow, a car and a dacha in the country. Then a year ago, Svetlana married her third husband, Indian Communist Brajesh Singh, whom she had met in Moscow. For unknown reasons, the Kremlin opposed the marriage but reluctantly allowed it to take place. After that...
...Phone Call. Soon after Svetlana had performed the Hindu rites for her husband, she met Indira Gandhi at a reception and took the opportunity to ask for asylum. She was rebuffed by Mrs. Gandhi, who told her that she was worried about "international complications." When she came to the U.S. embassy to seek asylum two weeks ago, the Americans had the same concern...
They helped her to get to Geneva, where the Swiss last week spirited her away to an Alpine retreat in Beatenberg (pop. 1,200), about 26 miles from Berne. Living in a small hotel, the Jungfraublick, Svetlana relaxed for two days in the crisp air, enjoyed a breathtaking view of the Jungfrau and other peaks. Feeling confident, she strolled to a nearby ski shop to buy a parka and ski pants, more appropriate to the surroundings than the olive two-piece suit that she wore. It was her undoing. The store owner recognized her and phoned the news...
Paul J. Hollander, assistant professor of Sociology, yesterday criticized the State Department for its treatment of Svetlana Stalin. In a letter to the New York Times, Hollander accused the State Department of giving "considerations of political expediency ... primacy over humanitarian principles...