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January 20, 1992

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a reporter at large

STARTING FROM SCRATCH

Fred C. Shapiro

REPORTER AT LARGE about Mongolia. In 1921 the country embraced Communism, &, within 3 years became the unofficial "sixteenth Soviet republic". Eight years …

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