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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Polish-born, 41-year-old Oscar Lange is no stranger to the State Department, although he is unknown to most of Poland's 25 million. He has been in the U.S. over ten years. Besides Chicago, he has also taught at Columbia, Stanford, the University of California...
...German Premier: Marshal Georgi Zhukov. His deputy prime minister: one Leo Skrzypczinsky, described as a former German factory owner who spent four years in a concentration camp. A political unknown, without party affiliation, Skrzypczinsky was recommended by the Communists. Under Premier Marshal Zhukov were twelve ministries (one for each division of the Soviet Military Government), each headed by a Red Army officer. Under each Red Army officer was a German state secretary (selected from lists submitted by the four "antifascist" parties). As state secretaries, the Russians picked five Communists, three Social Democrats, two Christian Democrats, one Liberal Democrat, one nonparty...
After a night at the White House, the General began the long round of duties of a distinguished visitor. He went to Arlington National Cemetery, placed a wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, received the 21-gun salute due a head of state (on his previous visit it had been 17 guns-for a general...
...China's provinces there are upwards of 2,000,000 puppet troops, an unknown number of other collaborationists. They occupy a delicate position in the country's internal balance of power. These the Central Government's Ministry of Justice will sort out. "Justice, not leniency," it announced last week, "will be the guiding principle. . . . The test will be whether or not they were willing tools. All suspected of voluntary collaboration will have their turn before a court...
There will be dams and power plants to stimulate great mining enterprises, steel and other metallurgical industries, increased food production and foreign trade; there will be 20,000 miles of new highways, 100.000 autos, 10,000,000 tons of shipping. The realization of all plans depends on unknown factors...