One of the major obstacles of Kennedy's campaign for the presidency was his "religion," since he was running as a Catholic, and Catholics faced a great deal of opposition in the US during this time.
Traute Grier explained her experiences as her being scared of the Russians. She felt nothing could ever be worse than falling into the hands of her Russian enemies that had, just three years prior, taken down Berlin. She is telling this in first person point of view, reliving her own experiences.
I do not know which states but the main countries are China, India, Egypt, Greece, Rome and Britain.
