The Reds launched a nuisance offensive against Western Germany. For several days & nights last week, some 30,000 Red agitators and members of Red youth organizations had been crossing from East Germany into the Western zones. Many carried forged documents showing they were "refugees." Their task: to stage "blitz rallies" against the Western powers in West German cities, cause disorder, confusion and fear. The expense accounts of these Red traveling salesmen, reported Socialist Kurt Schumacher, were met from the proceeds of a vast coffee black market operated by the Russians in...
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