Word: warsaw
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...forces fail or defect, as was the case in Hungary, there remains the formidable Russian army in East Germany. 350,000 to 400,000 strong. Last week these forces got a new commander experienced in quelling popular uprisings: much-decorated Marshal Ivan S. Konev, who, as boss of all Warsaw Pact troops in 1956, had a hand in crushing the Hungarian freedom fighters...
...pick the painters, the Modern Museum's Peter Selz two years ago made a trip to Warsaw. Since there are no private art galleries in Poland and no private collectors, Selz made the rounds of artists' studios, as well as the museums, libraries and courthouses where the state hangs the art it buys directly from the artist. When the time came to select the paintings, Selz ran into a snag: the government overextended its helpfulness by wanting to exercise final authority on what...
...Last week Boston breezed into Warsaw with the traveling U.S. track and field team, hungry for new victories after easy broad jump wins over the Russians, the Germans and the British. Since there were no serious contenders to oppose him in the broad jump, he also offered to substitute for an ailing U.S. teammate in the hop, step and jump-one of the few events in which Boston has never competed seriously. "I don't know how far I can go," said...
Faceless Army. Spies in a police state have one almost insuperable advantage over the foreigner: they are already there. At the new U.S. embassy now abuilding in Warsaw, sharp-eyed security men found that Polish technicians had thoughtfully installed 18 bugs, connected them to a single underground conduit deep in the concrete foundations. In any Iron Curtain country except Poland, foreigners must also apply to a government agency for servants and office hands-who invariably work primarily as espionage agents. "Repairmen" can hide bugs faster than they can be tracked down by security officers...
First produced three years ago in Warsaw, where it received mixed-up reviews...