Word: plunderers
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...five years, the Russians had lulled Vienna (a city which likes to be lulled) into a sense of false security. Vienna, like Berlin, is under four-power occupation and lies deep inside the Russian occupation zone of Austria; but the Russians, content to plunder Austria's wealth, never tried to blockade the city and made relatively little trouble in other ways. Seemingly they did not even have much to do with Austria's Communist Party. A good many Austrians had concluded that their Russians were different. Last week, Vienna bitterly learned that Reds are Reds...
...Soviet broadcast in Swedish reported that U.S. troops in Sweden have been issued a Swedish phrase book to teach G.I.s how to steal and plunder. "We cite some of the sentences which the American soldiers in Sweden will have to know," said the broadcaster. " 'Draw a map for me.' As the authors of the dictionary obviously can envisage the surprised face of the Swede they add: 'I am an American.' As they can take it for granted that in spite of this, the Swede refuses to comply, the following sentence is recommended: 'Hand over your...