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HERBLOCK, Washington Post
Tired of the Soviet propaganda offering peace at a steep penalty, Herblock uses an exhausted and leashed dove as a metaphor for the lack of real negotiation. In 1951, during Big Four talks in Paris, in which diplomats attempted to reunify Germany, Stalin's envoy Andrei Gromyko called for peace but successfully resisted surrendering Soviet-held territory. The Soviets initiated the conference, but the West argued the Soviets' true goal was to prevent Germany from joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Herblock (1909–2001). "Oh, No -- Not Again -- I'm Tired," 1951. Published in the Washington Post, March 9, 1951. Graphite, India ink, and opaque white drawing. Herbert L. Block Collection. |