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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1947
Page
3
London dispatch by John Al Hightower recalls seven weeks in Moscow during a Moscow conference. The reporter notes extensive censorship and limited contact with Russians beyond official channels. He describes pervasive government control over media and public life, with limited access to foreign influence and official interpreters.
Fragmentary text describes handren of reporters and delegates meeting with Soviet officials. Notes contacts with Soviet officials were brief and subdued to avoid undermining a solution. A small group of Americans planned to call on a Russian friend, who lived in a walkup apartment, while a guard kept them apart from speaking until reaching the door.
A fragment notes that foreigners in Moscow sometimes learn of secret police actions by chance. It mentions telephone tapping as routine in Moscow’s foreign colony and distrust of staff like maids and interpreters. It comments on control of speech and learning and praises higher Soviet education.
Rockville on May 7 reports the Montgomery County Commissioners examined a proposal to create a county taxi bureau and a county zone system. A special committee, appointed by Commissioner Wesley I Sauter, drafted the plan affecting about 259 cabs.
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