Session #81 · 1949–51

Speech #810135341

When I said that the State Department had the feeling that that was in a way violating the sovereignty of Russia. he indicated that the Russians would not haggle or boggle over such fine techniques as to whether or not a territory was invaded by means of that sort. that he felt that they would credit us with being smart if we did it. rather than declaring war on us for having invaded their sovereignty. One other point he made struck me very strongly indeed. He spoke of the " 13053 two hundred and fifty thousandodd refugees from Russia who are now concentrated in Germany. He spoke of the unknown number. to the extent of hundreds of thousands. who have not registered. who are unnamed. uncounted. unknown. but who are wandering about the country. keeping in hiding. and he described those as being a wasted. decaying asset for the Western World. They are willing. able. anxious. eager to go to any lengths whatsoever to serve the cause of the free peoples of the earth and to make as much trouble as possible for the country from which they have escaped. and to which they would like to return as freemen.
Keywords matched
refugees

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Security threat Other

Speaker & context

Speaker
RALPH FLANDERS
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
VT
Gender
M
Date
—
Speech ID
810135341
Paragraph
#1
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