SOVIET PRESSURE ON SATELLITES TO PURGE PARTIES
(10 a.m.) NEW YORK, July 21. The New York Times correspondent says that according to authoritative reports reaching the United States Government, Russia is not only increasing the pressure against the western Allies in Berlin but is also turning the screws on its Communist associates in central and eastern Europe, urging them to purge all but the most dependable officials. In the case of Czechoslovakia, the reports predict that the Communist President, M. Gottwald, the Foreign Minister, M. Klementis and the Minister of the Interior, M. Nosek, will soon either be replaced or stripped of mucn of their power.
Similar reports are coming in regarding Hungary, Yugoslavia and Poland. They all speak of Communist pressure to solidify the parties. According to the correspondent, these reports are having a moderating effect on the United States policy because it is seen there are forces at work in Soviet Europe that, in the long run, can have an influence for good.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22696, 22 July 1948, Page 5
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