BATTLE OF CIGARETTES IN BERLIN
LONDON, July 21. British and American planes flew 20,000,000 American cigarettes into Berlin from Hamburg yesterday to nullify Russian attempts to obtain western marks, according to the Daily Telegraph's correspondent in Berlin. He points out that since the western mark was introduced into Berlin the Russians have flooded the city with export cigarettes, selling them exclusively lor the new western currency.
II is believed the Russians had two motives, namely, to intensify the scarcity of western marks in Berlin, and to gather a store of them to finance Communist activities in the western zones.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22697, 23 July 1948, Page 5
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