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May Day shows chill note in Soviet and Berlin parades
May Day in Moscow and East Berlin featured restrained displays as Soviet defense minister Malinovsky spoke of peace and disarmament while pledging readiness to defend the Union. In Berlin East and West, rockets and barbed wire fenced crowds, with dignitaries including Walter Ulbricht, Otto Grotewohl, Henrich Luebke, and Lucius Clay present. Belgium's Queen Mother Elisabeth attended Moscow events, a rare royal presence. China marked May Day with a Peiping reception led by Premier Chou En-lai, affirming unbreakable unity in the Communist bloc.
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