Title: Mrs. Kasenkina Writes Book
05:51:08 Air shaft between apartment buildings. Woman’s body; carried out on stretcher to ambulance. Two women & man walking past Ritz Tower apartment house, stop at window of The Guild Book Shop, pan to Leap To Freedom on display.
05:52:01 Int. woman signing autographs as others watch.
05:52:15 SOF: “I want to thank you, American people, for helping me. I am very happy to be here in this great country; much happier than I was a year ago.”
Anti-communist; Communism; Diplomacy; Diplomatic Relations; Cold War; USSR; October 1949;
NOTE: Kasenkina, a teacher, jumped from 3rd floor of building of Soviet Consulate General ca 4:20pm 12Aug48 in a possible suicide attempt. The outcome was that Soviet consulates in the US & US consulates in USSR were closed until 1968. Book was published in 1949.
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Title: Mrs. Kasenkina Writes Book 05:51:08 Air shaft between apartment buildings. Woman’s body; carried out on stretcher to ambulance. Two women & man walking past Ritz Tower apartment house, stop at window of The Guild Book Shop, pan to Leap To Freedom on display. 05:52:01 Int. woman signing autographs as others watch. 05:52:15 SOF: “I want to thank you, American people, for helping me. I am very happy to be here in this great country; much happier than I was a year ago.” Anti-communist; Communism; Diplomacy; Diplomatic Relations; Cold War; USSR; October 1949; NOTE: Kasenkina, a teacher, jumped from 3rd floor of building of Soviet Consulate General ca 4:20pm 12Aug48 in a possible suicide attempt. The outcome was that Soviet consulates in the US & US consulates in USSR were closed until 1968. Book was published in 1949.