Last week Comrade Stalin gave his countrymen the explanation he had owed them since that Sunday morning when Russians woke up to learn that Germany had invaded their country. It was his job to explain why he had promoted the 1939 Non-Aggression Pact with Germany, which enabled Adolf Hitler to pick off his enemies by ones and twos until he was free to tackle Russia. Taking to the microphone, with a big pitcher of tea at his elbow, Comrade Stalin saluted his fellow comrades in patriarchal tones:
"Comrades, Citizens, Brothers and Sisters, Men...
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