On 27 September 1948, British cartoonist Leslie Gilbert Illingworth emphasises the effectiveness of the airlift bringing supplies to the Western sectors of Berlin, temporarily isolated by the blockade imposed by the Soviet forces on 24 June 1948. From bottom to top: Joseph Stalin, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union; Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet Foreign Minister; and Andrey Vyshinsky, Permanent Representative of the Soviet Union on the United Nations Security Council, who are vainly trying to stop the intermittent flow of aircraft bringing supplies to West Berlin.