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U.S. High Commissioner to Germany “appalled” at Soviet Persecutions

February 10, 1953
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Dr. James B. Conant, United States High Commissioner for Germany, said today in an interview with the Voice of America that he is “appalled by the purges and arrests now taking place in the Soviet zone, by the persecution of entire population groups and by the obvious attempt to root out any residues of political freedom and equality.”

“I realize that the economic harassment, the increasing influx of refugees and the attempts by the Soviet authorities to undermine West Berlin morale represents a problem that must be tackled with dispatch and determination,” he declared.

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