The Press: Freedom, We Got it

"What a pity," said Mr. Baltisky, the Americans just do not appreciate how much freedom the Russian press has. So he proceeded, in 6,000 words, to educate the Associated Press' crusading Executive Director Kent Cooper, who has been conducting a one-man campaign to make freedom of the press worldwide. The Soviet reply, which was more in pity than in censure, appeared in the magazine War and the Working Class, as "A Heart-to-Heart Talk with Mr. K. Cooper by N. Baltisky."

Said N. Baltisky: the U.S.S.R. wants worldwide freedom of the press too,...

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