"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended"

The feature speech for this issue is Winston Churchill's 'Iron Curtain' speech, sometimes called 'The Sinews of Peace'

"It is my duty however, for I am sure you would wish me to state the facts as I see them to you, to place before you certain facts about the present position in Europe.

From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Easte…