On the wall hung a picture of Stalin. With passionate feeling and extravagant gesture a schoolboy declaimed an epic poem in praise of Tovarish Stalin. This happened in Washington, D.C.
In this schoolroom in a converted rooming house in the capital, Stalin's praises were still being sung last weekbut not for long. The Kremlin had ordered the Soviet School closed, and the 45 schoolkids (children of Russian diplomats and clerks) returned to Russia. In New York and London, other Soviet youngsters had also received their marching orders. By keeping them in separate schools, the...
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