News Quiz, Jun. 28, 1954

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numberof the country correctly locating the person described.

40. His tough-minded handling of Red rioters as Interior Minister was a prelude to his Premiership here.

41. The program he introduced was notable for including:

1. Nazi-Fascist labor legislation.

2. A plan to outlaw the Communist Party.

3. Welfare projects which even the Left would be embarrassed to oppose.

4. A drive to regain lost colonies.

5. Closer ties with Soviet Russia.

42. Reckless and costly "human sea" attacks finally overwhelmed his gallant band here.

43. His conquerors, the forces of:

1. Cambodia. 4. Laos.

2. Viet Minh 5. Thailand.

3. Viet Nam.

44. After weeks of infighting, he won over General Naguib, became this nation's new strongman Premier.

45. His power seizure was followed by all but one of these:

1. Calling off of scheduled elections.

2. Naguib's nervous breakdown.

3. A mob attack on the Chief Justice.

4. Arrests of his principal opponents.

5. An invitation to Farouk to return.

46. His release here ended a five-year political asylum.

47. His once-powerful leftist party, now shattered and outlawed, was the:

1. Red Flag. 4. APRA.

2. White Flag. 5. Sons of Toil.

3. Descamisado.

48. She made a last-minute decision to stay with her defecting, ex-spy husband in sanctuary here.

49. Diplomatic repercussions which followed included severance of relations with this country by:

Red China.

Argentina.

Britain.

The U.S.

Russia. 50. In a significant deviation from the line of his predecessor, he acknowledged here that war with H-bombs would destroy world civilization.

51. His name: 1. Georgy Malenkov.

2. Vyacheslav Molotov.

3. Chou Enlai.

4. Nikita Khrushchev.

5. Andrei Vishinsky. 52. He was sacked for openly attacking his government's policy.

53. He attacked policy on: 1. The European Army.

2. A United States of Europe.

3. Sale of the Suez Canal to Egypt.

4. Recognition of Red China.

5. Mutual aid pact with Russia.

INTERNATIONAL &FOREIGN

Berlin Conference

54. At Berlin the Big Four Foreign Ministers failed to agree on their No. 1 problem:

1. Disarmament.

2. A Korean settlement.

3. The Polish-Russian boundary.

4. Uniting Germany.

5. International monetary rules.

Geneva

55. First grave break in the West's ranks at Geneva came on the Indo-China problem when Britain favored:

1. French withdrawal.

2. Naming India as arbitrator.

3. Partition of the country.

4. Use of the atom bomb against the Reds.

5. Admission of Viet Minh to the U.N.

56. The Viet Minh stalled the peace talks by demanding that any settlement in Indo-China also include the rebel governments in:

1. Thailand and Burma.

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