Cartoon by Shepard on the weaknesses of Western Union (3 November 1948)
Image On 3 November 1948, British cartoonist Ernest Howard Shepard takes an ironic look at the large number of institutions in the Western Union, contrasting these with the institution's real military capacity and comparing it to a ‘paper tiger'. On the left, Ernest Bevin, British Foreign Secretary.
Source and copyright
Source: Punch. or The London Charivari. 03.11.1948, No 5630; Vol. CCXV. London.
Copyright: (c) Punch
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