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...hundred thousand of the 2,000,000 French war prisoners and deportees in the Reich had been freed by the Red Army...
...United Press' earnest, efficient Horace Quigg, who entered Manila with MacArthur, had just bedded for the night on the concrete floor of Manila's Bilibid Prison. Then he learned that some U.S. prisoners, newly freed, were on the other side of the wall. He felt his way down blacked-out corridors. "Suddenly I sensed rather than felt or saw someone beside me," he wrote. "I stuck out my hand, even as did Stanley in darkest Africa. . . 'I'm Quigg, United Press,' I said. The Dr. Livingstone of Bilibid Prison grasped my hand fervently. 'Weissblatt...
...crossed the lines last week and persuaded the ELAS leaders that they should free most of their hostages and thereby clear the way for a conference with the Greek Government. The Greek Premier, General Nicholas Plastiras, had announced that he would not deal with ELAS until the hostages were freed...
...week's end the bitter question was still undecided. It threatened the unity of the Greek Cabinet, where dissension arose over Premier Nicholas Plastiras' insistence that the hostages must be freed before discussions on permanent peace could begin. The unity of EAM was also threatened. The ELD (Union of Popular Democracy), second most powerful party in the EAM coalition, announced that it was breaking away, would confer independently with British Ambassador Reginald Leeper. Professor Alexander Svolos, white-haired, respected ex-leader of EAM's Provisional Government during its 18-month existence, called for immediate peace. The Salonika...
...months ago he escaped to Sweden. Last week came news that the Norwegian Government in London had restored him to the fight against the Nazis by appointing him Bishop of Liberated Norway. Now, on the tiny stretch of land freed by the Red Army, Bishop Fjellbu can preach as he wishes...