Cartoon by Shepard on the role of Western Union (17 March 1948)
Image In March 1948, following the ‘Prague coup' that led to the establishment of a Communist Government in Czechoslovakia, British cartoonist Ernest Howard Shepard compares Western Union to a strong tower in the face of the Soviet threat in Europe.
Source and copyright
Source: Punch. or The London Charivari. 17.03.1948, n° 5595; Vol. CCXIV. London.
Copyright: (c) Punch
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