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dated December 13, 1953: Newspaper Absence: Mystery in Moscow

The West pondered the mystery of four top Russian national newspapers, Izvestia, Trud, Krasnaya Zvezda, Komsomolskyaya Pravda, not appearing on the 10th. The only newspaper on sale for Russian citizens was Pravda, official organ of the Russian Communist Party. One speculation was that, at the last moment, Russian authorities had decided to ban some item, previously approved by the censors, and as Pravda was the only journal equipped for sudden changes, the remaining newspapers had to be made mute for 24 hours. No explanation was given by the Russians themselves for the newspapers failing to appear. To add another dimension to the mystery, the East German Communist News Agency shut down operations for eight-and-a-half hours; no explanation was given why the teleprinter service to West Germany was halted. The line itself was in perfect order. Some felt that suppression of President Eisenhower's U.N. speech in the Russian Press could have been responsible for the mysterious events.

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