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Old September 17th, 2004, 09:03 PM
KathyDFrog
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me, it wasn't just the commies....Russia's
always been like that.


Our Red October guide was often asked about the Communists. While answering
the questions his head reflexed backward ,over his shoulder; apparently he was
checking for informants. He must have been an informant himself because he
could over hear what I whispered to my wife in the back of the van. (I've seen
this same hyper-hearing sense exhibited by friends who were former operatives
in 'Nam.)

The glumness and paranoia of the place was pervasive and, inmho, can only be
explained by citizen memories of the workings of the former socialist state.