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Article: Kurt Waldheim: man of mystery.(Heritage)
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- Spokesman Magazine
- Article date:
- May 1, 2005
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Prime Minister Winston Churchill asked British intelligence to begin gearing up to handle the Soviet Union as Britain's next major threat.
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