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2010.
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| Summary/Abstract |
Homeland and adherence to professional duty. They had to perform such urgent, top priority tasks as mobilizing the international capabilities of the Soviet Union to rebuff the Fascist aggression, prevent enlargement of the Fascist coalition, and take advantage of the contradictions in the enemy camp to effect its split. In order to perform these momentous tasks, Soviet diplomats were required to have the following capabilities: in-depth knowledge of all the intricacies of international problems as a whole and of those in their immediate work field in particular; high resistance to stress; the ability to work efficiently under psychological pressure and in conditions of high physical exertion; the competence to rapidly make decisions and carry them out in perpetual extraordinary situations; and the ability to subtly bring partners round to their way of thinking during talks and negotiations.
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