INTERNATIONAL: The Test

Russians were told last week that the Red Army had taken Rokitno, ten miles inside Rovno Province and one step closer to the still distant (200 miles) Polish border. Most of the rest of the world considered that the Russians had advanced ten miles into Poland. The difference in viewpoint established the first tangible test of Teheran; people everywhere watched to see how the powers would meet it.

Russia's World. To Moscow, the facts were so self-evident that they scarcely called for comment. Yet comment came in the form of an ill-tempered...

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