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New York: The National Council of American-Soviet Friendship. Offered is "Religion Today in the U.S.S.R." written by the Rev. William Howard Melish and published by The National Council of American-Soviet Friendship out of New York City. No date, although late 1945 following the end of World War II (the date determined from a passage that reads, "The latest issue of 'The Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate' states that by January, 1946 the [Theological] Institute will be equipped and staffed to accommodate two hundred students in residence"). A stapled pamphlet measuring 5-3/8" by 8" and containing 52 pages including front and rear covers. Well-illustrated with photographs, and strongly pro-Soviet Union, the chapters are: The Church in the Great Crisis (with subtopics Spiritual and Material Aid; The [Orthodox] Church Identifies Itself with the People); Feeding the Fires of Prejudice (with subtopics War-time Propaganda; The Myth of [Soviet] Religious Persecution);… Read More