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...startling blank patches marked censuré appeared in their pages, French papers warned readers that all of their news should be taken with more than a soupçon of salt. Influential Editor-Director Hubert Beuve-Méry of the Paris daily Le Monde removed his name from its familiar spot beneath the masthead, argued that responsibility for the paper had passed to the government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Nonsense Censorship | 6/9/1958 | See Source »

...general bitterness, most of the delegations had also brought their own spies. Baron Hager, president of the Austrian Oberste Polizei und Censur Hofstelle, sent secret reports daily to Emperor Francis. Sample: "The Emperor of Russia went out at 7 p.m. . . . to visit the Princess Thurn and Taxis. Every morning a large block of ice is brought to the Emperor with which he washes his face. . . . The British Mission, owing to excessive caution, has engaged two housemaids on its own. Before I can get at [their] waste paper ... I must see whether I can count on these two women...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: How to Fight a Peace | 10/28/1946 | See Source »

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