•…Journalists,
on the other hand, are allowed to write, but the censorship has turned them into masters of
euphemism and
understatement. Hence they give “famine” the polite name of “food shortage” and
“starving to death” is softened down to read as widespread mortality from diseases
due to malnutrition.”
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•… May I in conclusion congratulate
the Soviet Foreign Office on its skill in concealing the true situation in the U.S.S.R.? Moscow is not Russia, and
the sight of well fed people there tends to hide the real Russia.
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