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Cartoon by Low on the risks posed by the growth of Communism in France and Italy (14 October 1947)
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Cartoon by Low on the risks posed by the growth of Communism in France and Italy (14 October 1947)

On 14 October 1947, in the light of the socio-economic difficulties facing Western Europe, British cartoonist David Low illustrates the growing influence of the Communist parties in France and Italy and sees Jacques Duclos, one of the leading figures in the French Communist Party and Vice-President of the French National Assembly, and Palmiro Togliatti, Secretary of the Italian Communist Party, as two representatives of Moscow's political ideas.

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Title Cartoon by Low on the risks posed by the growth of Communism in France and Italy (14 October 1947)
Document type Cartoon
Source Low, David, "Cominform Mail", dans Evening Standard. 14.10.1947.
Keywords Communist Party, food shortage, France, Italy, Kominform, Second World War
Copyright © David Low Associated Newspaper / Solo Syndication, London
Caption On 14 October 1947, in the light of the socio-economic difficulties facing Western Europe, British cartoonist David Low illustrates the growing influence of the Communist parties in France and Italy and sees Jacques Duclos, one of the leading figures in the French Communist Party and Vice-President of the French National Assembly, and Palmiro Togliatti, Secretary of the Italian Communist Party, as two representatives of Moscow's political ideas.
Location in the digital library HISTORICAL EVENTS >> 1945–1949 The pioneering phase >> Europe in ruins in the aftermath of the Second World War >> The political consequences >> The Communists
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See also Statement by Guillaume Konsbruck (London, 3 April 1946)
Table comparing the votes cast during ratification of the ECSC Treaty
Speech by Ernest Bevin (London, 3 April 1946)
The decline of the European powers
Statement of the Combined Food Board Cereals Committee (London, 3 April 1946)
The ECSC levy (1 January 1953 to 31 January 1954)
US aid in response to shortages in France
UNRRA food resolution (London, 3_6 April 1946)
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