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Stalin on Korean War

In his February 16, 1951, episode of Hear It Now, Edward R. Murrow comments on a Joseph Stalin interview that was published in the Soviet newspaper Pravda. Stalin had predicted the defeat of U.N. forces in Korea if China's demands were not met.

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