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The source was apparently quite roundabout. It apparently came to
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Our conversation was on a high level of international affairs, but under it I read in his gold smile, "You dislike me because I'm an egocentric Soviet go-getter, but watch me rise to commissar..." In this suavely scheming
Comrade Umansky, clever with the devious shrewdness of a clothing salesman,
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when the Soviet Union sought to buy US war materiel in
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insulting in his manner and speech, and had an infallible faculty for antagonizing those of us with whom he came in contact. Overbearing, he made demands for concessions as if they were his natural right....In my opinion, he did much to harm
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wrote "With
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It has also been suggested that
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officials. The cause of the crash is still unknown to this day. After the crash tens of thousands of
Mexicans paid their respects to Umansky at the Soviet Embassy, led by President Camacho. In an
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ironical to underlings and toadying to higher-ups, discreetly indulging a sybaritic streak, I was coming to see (Perhaps unfairly, but despite myself) the quintessence of revolutionary technique.
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on 22 June 1943. At the ceremony of the presentation of credentials, Umansky presented his speech in
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in 1919. Later that year he moved to
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activities, but Umansky refused to answer questions on this subject, stating only, "It is beneath my dignity to answer such a question." The
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had regained a friendly character, and both countries intended to expand their relations in the post-war period.
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