Moscow papers played up, London papers played down last week the fact that in Greek waters the British battleship Queen Elizabeth recently hoisted the red flag with Hammer & Sickle while her British band blared the Internationale.
Occasion: a salute, demanded by international courtesy, to the Soviet naval squadron also cruising in Greek waters. Exulted Moscow's Isvestia (News) :
"At that historic moment every Red sailor felt the power of the Soviet Republic—a power which forced the representatives of English imperialism to hoist the hated Red flag and forced the band, accustomed to glorify the might of Britain, Empress of the...
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