News Quiz, Mar. 3, 1947

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withdraw all troops from Germany by Jan. 1, 1948.

5. War with Russia was inevitable.

33. In his first speech after returning from Paris, Byrnes characterized U.S. foreign policy as:_

1. Determinedly protective of U.S. interests in southeastern Europe.

2. One of conciliation.

3. Patient but firm treatment toward Russia.

4. Pro-British and pro-all other democratic states.

5. "Wishy-washy." 34. "What does the world expect of the U.S.?" and "What is the U.S. going to do about it?" were the two questions world leaders discussed at the 21st Institute of the Council on World Affairs in:

1. Boston. 4. San Francisco.

2. Cleveland. . 5. Washington, D.C.

3. Minneapolis.

35. On the eve of Yom Kippur President Truman spoke out on Palestine, bluntly demanded that Britain:

1. Admit Zionists to the parleys in London.

2. Internationalize Palestine under the U.N. Security Council.

3. Let a "substantial" number of Jews into Palestine at once.

4. Release refugees who cross into Palestine.

5. Withdraw its troops from the Holy Land within thirty days.

36. Marshal Sokolovsky intimated Russia's willingness to accept Secretary Byrnes's longstanding invitation for joint administration of Germany—at a price:

L Complete control of the Dardanelles.

2. France must return Alsace-Lorraine to Germany.

3. The U.S. will acknowledge Russia's right to veto international control of atomic power.

4. Two billion in German goods annually.

5. U.S. "interference" in Balkan elections must cease.

37. And in January the general public learned for the first time that Russia is interested in obtaining military facilities on the bleak archipelago of:

1. Bismarck. 4. Spitsbergen.

2. Chonos. 5. Tierra del Fuego.

3. Dampier.

THE NATIONS MEET.

38. On Oct. 23 the United Nations opened the first U.S. meeting of the General Assembly at:

L Fairfield, Conn. 4. The site of the New

2. Philadelphia. York World's Fair.

3. San Francisco. 5. Washington, D.C.

39. Russia's Molotov soon demanded:

L Admission of two Siberian republics to full membership in U.N.

2. General disarmament.

3. An end to the Four Zone rule of Germany.

4. Removal of U.N. to Moscow.

5. Restriction of the veto.

40. U.S. Delegate Austin then said the U.S. would:

1. Insist on the rights of small nations to be heard in the Assembly.

2. Oppose Russia in her stand against abolishing the Big Four veto.

3. Reveal information on atomic bombs to any nation which proved itself "worthy of trust."

4. Reveal the size of its armies in Allied territories but not in former enemy territories.

5. Support Russia's disarmament proposal provided disarmament was internationally inspected.

41. The Assembly agreed on this issue and several others when it did all but one of these:

1. Accepted a permanent U.N. site offered by John D. Rockefeller Jr. on Manhattan's East River.

2. Called on veto-wielding powers to use restraint.

3. Gave UNRRA another year of life.

4. Recommended that Spain be barred from all U.N. organizations.

5. Unanimously adopted a resolution

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