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"And don't forget many so called respected academics in the West, were in denial about the horrific Gulags, and atrocities committed by Stalin on his own citizens. Who can forget the treachery of the Cambridge Five?"
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Good point you raise. The west was infiltrated with pro communists and fellow travelers in positions of influence. The american journalist Walter Duranty was one such mouthpiece who rubbished anyone who mentioned rumours that Stalin had
6-10 million kulaks in the Ukraine starved to death.
That was then. The question now is how is news distorted and by whom in favour of what?
