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...Oetje John Rogge, who has a record of friendship toward many Communist causes. People the world over, said Rogge, ought to be free to criticize their governments. Later, he explained to Soviet newsmen: "My idea of a free society is one in which . . . people can say what they think . . ." Pravda gave Rogge a sharp editorial rebuke for his statement, and carefully edited his remarks so that Russian readers would not be contaminated by the idea of free speech...
...Andreev's appearance was regarded as significant. Pravda had recently denounced him by name for an "erroneous conception of Soviet agriculture," of which he is boss. After that, some never expected to hear of him again...
...Pravda hinted that "international relations were entering a new stage," attributed this to the strong impact of the new Sino-Soviet alliance (see below). Red Fleet accused the U.S. of rejecting "all proposals toward lessening the international strain," then sniffed a "modification" in the wind, because U.S. public opinion was more & more ranging up against U.S. policy...
...London, casually drags in Stalin, Vishinsky and Molotov as if they were handy stage extras, uses embassies and the halls of Parliament as if they were interchangeable stage props, Lord Essex, half Blimpish charlatan, half rhesterfieldian dandy, is too close to caricature to convince even a reader of Pravda. MacGregor is too churlish, too slow-witted to be anyone's hero, let alone that of a sharp gal-of-all-embassies like Kathy Clive. Whatever a reader's politics, he may well be puzzled by the publisher's announcement that they consider the novel "the most important...
...orator of the day, Pravda Editor P. N. Pospelov, gloated...