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...German currency (TIME, June 28), Marshal Vasily Sokolovsky proclaimed that the Russians alone had the right to determine what currency should be used in Berlin, issued "new" money of his own by pasting stickers on old reichsmarks. (Berliners preferred crisp U.S.-printed bills, called the Russian currency "Tapetenmark"-wallpaper money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: They Can't Drive Us Out | 7/5/1948 | See Source »

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