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Fairbank said many Americans do not understand Communism because the United States bases its identity "on a large and exceptional heritage in which liberty under the law is it main expression...
...hemorrhages; in Tokyo. Although sentenced to life imprisonment by the Far Eastern war crimes tribunal, Kaya spent only ten years in prison and made a political comeback by winning five consecutive terms in the Japanese legislature. An advocate of close relations with Taiwan and South Korea, he insisted that "Communism means only a dog's life...
...years just before his death. "Forget the man!" he demanded, speaking with a slight German accent. "What does it matter if he is the son of a Hohenzollern prince or anyone else? Write about his works. Write how he is against anything which is forced upon human beings, including Communism or Bolshevism." Hiding behind age and deafness, he stopped just short of admitting that he was Traven, Torsvan or Marut. Deference and fear that Groves might cut off the interviews apparently kept Stone from pressing hard for answers. The portrait drawn from such material is lively, affectionate and, inevitably, less...
...fought throughout his career to revise the antiquated sectarian political system whereby Lebanese Christians automatically held the balance of power in the government. Although Jumblatt was a Socialist, and a Moscow favorite who won the Lenin Peace Prize in 1972, he owned vast tracts of land and opposed Communism. Revered by the Druzes as their secular leader, he studied Buddhism, Hinduism and Christian theology and regarded himself as a mystic. Shortly before his death, in fact, Jumblatt had been planning a trip to a monastery in the Himalayas for "spiritual exercises." He had last gone there -for the same purpose...
Still, fear of Communism among the bourgeoisie has been reduced by the new image presented by the Communists, who are down-playing their connection with Moscow, talking instead of a patriotic "socialism in French colors...