Word: western
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...over a month, the fate of Berlin had been wearily discussed in Moscow. Then, one night last week, the Western powers' special envoys relaxed: they went to see Vivien Leigh in Anna Karenina. They had achieved "agreement in principle" (TIME, Sept. 6) with Russia. Now, like a pea in a shell game, the problem was passed back to Berlin, where the four military governors of Germany were instructed to work out an agreement in practice...
Many Germans believed that even this Western concession was too much. Cried Socialist Franz Neumann: ". . . Godesberg . . . Munich ... !" The fact remained that if Russia really lifted the blockade, that would be a victory for the U.S., even if limited and far from final...
Above all, the Russians had so far failed in their chief objective-which was simply to blackmail the West into "saving" Berlin by tossing Western Germany to the wolves. Western Germany, whose industrial potential was the most important bulwark standing between Europe and Communism, was going strong...
Symbol of a City. Some impenitent Germans were cockily confident that their anti-Russian hatred was the only certificate they needed to be acclaimed as valiant brothers in the Western fraternity. Rage at this fact misses the truth that in Berlin today tens of thousands of other Germans are risking their lives to defy Communist tyranny. Tens of thousands, within sight of Red Army tanks, are fighting Communism openly and well. They know that if the Communists ever control all Berlin, they will be done for. They fear war, like all reasonable men; they would be the first to feel...
...women like these who would be sold out all over Europe if the Western delegates make major concessions to the Reds...