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Russian Teacher Jumps From Consulate Window Amid Spy Storm
In New York on August 12, 52 year old Russian teacher Oksana Stepnerna Kosenkina leaped from a third floor window at the Russian consulate courtyard and was critically injured. Police and officials said she claimed she jumped to escape, while anti-Communist groups and Soviet officials framed the incident within a larger espionage and diplomatic dispute. Overseen by guards, she was hospitalized and questioned. her case intersected with hearings by the House Un-American Activities Committee and a protest from Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov.
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New York
Fung
Oksana Stepnerna Kosenkins
Roosevelt Hospital
Vladimir Zenzinov
Ars. Kasenkina
Zenzinev
Valley Cottage
Zenzinov
U. S
Moscow
Foren Minster
MM. Molotov
Kosenkina
Samarm
Molotov
Sirs. Kosenkina
Rep
Karl Afrndt
R-Sd
House Committee
Common Cause, Inc
America
Sen. Styles Bridges
ANH
United States
Zot I. Chepurnykh
Chepurnykh
Edward Mullins
Mullins
Mulling
Sirs. Kosenkinav
Washington
Arl E Mundt
Birs. Kosenkina
V. M. Molotov
U.S
Walter Bedell Smith
Yakov Lomakin
Samuel Dickstein
Russia
Manhattan
Mundt
House Committee On UN
FBI
State Department
House Un-American Activities Committee
Michael Ivanovitch Samarin
Samarin
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House Committee On un-American Ac’ Es