Word: tassmen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Nobody believes Tass's excess file is wasted. Being a Government agency, Tass serves the Kremlin as much as it does the press; and the Kremlin's vast intake can move quickly and cheaply by press rates, Tassmen get to see a lot of things Russian diplomats might...
Double Duty. Tassmen are expected to learn the language of the country where they work, ordinarily go out for three years at a time. In London, bespectacled Buddha-like Tass Chief Alexander Sverlov has a staff of 25 putting out the Soviet Monitor, an English-language paper that is free for all who want it. In Vienna where its news and pictures are also free Tassmen have been a little piqued because Austrian editors prefer to pay for fresher A.P., U.P. or Reuter news...
Well aware that there government may be others like Zheivinov, government officials in world capitals sometimes bar Tassmen from their off-the-record press conferences. One American undersecretary gave reporters some confidential stuff at 11 a.m. Before 1 p.m. the Russian Ambassador-keeping a date, casually questioned him about...