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36. When discussion of prisoners of war brought an exchange of lists, perhaps the most famous name turned over by the Reds was that of Congressional Medal of Honor winner:
1. Major General William F. Dean.
2. Sergeant John A. Pittman.
3. Major General William J. Donovan.
4. Colonel Philip Cochran.
5. General Harry H. Vaughn.
37. All during the negotiations the Reds stalled and their stalling intensified when Russia's Vishinsky threw a wrench into the truce machine by:
1. Charging that the U.S. had already used atomic artillery against the Chinese forces.
2. Demanding that Russia be represented at the meetings.
3. Suggesting that Stalin and Truman mediate all points still in dispute.
4. Admitting that Russia was dictating the strategy of the Red negotiators.
5. Recommending that the U.N. Security Council take a hand in the armistice negotiations.
The Nations at Work
38. In Paris at the U.N. Assembly, a real propaganda blooper was Vishinsky's report that he could do nothing but laugh after hearing Dean Acheson propose:
1. A world disarmament plan.
2. That Russia loosen her grip on her satellites.
3. That Picasso's peace dove become the U.N. symbol.
4. That Russia pay the U.S. for wartime lend-lease aid.
5. A Truman-Stalin meeting.
39. Over strong Soviet opposition, the U.S. and nine other nations, by a simple declaration, annulled 29 restrictive clauses of the 1947 peace treaty with:
1. Italy.
2. Yugoslavia.
3. Bulgaria.
4. Japan.
5. Germany.
40. At a top-brass Pentagon conference in January, delegates of the Big Three Western powers, including France's General Alphonse-Pierre Juin, conferred about the sword of Damocles hanging over Indo-China:
1. Ho Chi Minh's lack of adequate war materiel.
2. Inadequate replacements for captured Indo-Chinese loyalists.
3. The threat of Chinese Communist invasion.
4. The rumored revolt of French troops.
5. The possible collapse of the Korean truce talks.
Western Europe
41. The victory of Churchill's Conservatives brought back to his old post as Foreign Secretary:
1. R.A.Butler.
2. Ernest Bevin.
3. Aneurin Bevan.
4. Anthony Eden.
5. David Eccles.
42. In France, a Communist-fighting labor leader, Léon Jouhaux, was surprisingly awarded:
1. The 1951 Nobel Peace Prize.
2. The Prix de Rome.
3. A Fulbright scholarship.
4. The Croix de Guerre.
5. A British baronetcy.
43. At the heart of Europe's sickness as the new year opened, underlying its dollar deficiencies and its chronic sweat and tears, was a shortage of one grubby product:
1. Coal.
2. Potatoes.
3. Sulphur.
4. Fertilizer.
5. Potash.
44. Franco-German relations took a real nose dive when the French named:
1. A new High Commissioner for Germany.
2. General de Gaulle as Minister of Defense.
3. An Ambassador to the Saar.
4. General Juin to head French forces in Germany.
5. An ex-Nazi as Judge Advocate in the Ruhr.
Behind the Curtain
45. After the East Germans called for a united Germany, Chancellor Adenauer asked