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October 20, 1947

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ARABS CLAIM VOTES TO BLOCK PARTITION; Say They Have Enough Pledges to Check U.N. Palestine Plan -- Disputed by Zionists Arabs Claim U.N. Votes to Block Plan for the Partition of Palestine

By Thomas J. Hamiltonspecial To the New York Times

Arab UN delegates claim enough votes to block partition; US inaction in getting backing for partition discussed; stands of various nations revd; Arab and Zionist views on USSR stand discussed; Syria reptd to hold 5 Haganah scouts; releases 3 Brit soldiers who entered Syria

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GOVERNMENT AIDES SEIZED IN POLAND; Arrests Resumed by Security Police -- U.S. Embassy Clerk Questioned for Hours GOVERNMENT AIDES SEIZED IN POLAND

By Sydney Grusonspecial To the New York Times

Security police arrest state officials in campaign to eliminate Opposition elements, Warsaw; Brit Aide C Whitehead held; US Embassy clerk Mrs Sroka reptd questioned; 3 airline officials, Econ Bur officials and London Govt-in-Exile former personnel held; link to Cominform noted

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Historical Events

Cold War

1947Cold War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of the Hollywood film industry, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.[†]

The Cold War was a period of global geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc, which began in the aftermath of the Second World War and ended with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The term cold war is used because there was no direct fighting between the two superpowers, though each supported opposing sides in regional conflicts known as proxy wars. In addition to the struggle for ideological and economic influence and an arms race in both conventional and nuclear weapons, the Cold War was expressed through technological rivalries such as the Space Race, espionage, propaganda campaigns, embargoes, and sports diplomacy.