Foreign News: Red Logic

Generally speaking, the official utterances of the Soviet Government represent what its leaders actually believe. Candor sometimes carried to stark extremes is typical of Dictator Josef Stalin. Last week it was a grave and ominous thing that the Dictator seemingly believed the following words. They had foremost place in the official newsorgan of the Government. Isvestia, as part of the weekly critique of international affairs contributed by an expert of the Soviet Foreign Office.

"There is no doubt whatever," wrote the expert, coldly, judicially, "that...

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