The Great Conspiracy: The Secret War Against Soviet Russia

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As this book went to press, the authors interviewed the man with whose story this book begins: Colonel Raymond Robins. A few years ago, Colonel Robins retired from public affairs to live quietly on his 2000-acre estate at Chinesgut Hill, Florida, which he has deeded to the United States Government as a wildlife refuge and agricultural experimental station. Colonel Robins has retained his "outdoor mind," his passionate concern for the welfare of the common man, his impatience with prejudice and greed, and his keen interest in the nation whose birth amid the turmoil of revolution he personally witnessed. Here is what Colonel Robins said: — "The greatest hour I shall ever know was to see the light of hope for freedom from age-long tyrannies and oppressions in the eyes of the workers and peasants of Russia as they responded to the appeals of Lenin and other leaders of the Soviet Revolution. "Soviet Russia has always wanted international peace. Lenin knew that his great domestic program would be deflected if not destroyed by war. The Russian people have always wanted peace. Education, production, exploitation of a vast and rich territory engage all their thoughts and energies and hopes. The greatest Minister of Foreign Affairs in our generation, Commissar Maxim Litvinov, worked ably and steadily for collective security until the Anglo-French appeasement policies towards Mussolini and Hitler made collective security impossible. "Soviet Russia exploits no colonies, seeks to exploit none. Soviet Russia operates no foreign trade cartels, seeks none to exploit. Stalin's policies have wiped out racial, religious, national and class antagonisms within the Soviet territories. This unity and harmony of the Soviet peoples point the path to international peace." Book One: Revolution and Counterrevolution Chapter 1. The Rise of the Soviet Power 1. Mission to Petrograd, 2. Counterrevolution, 3. Revolution, 4. Nonrecognition, 5. Secret Diplomacy Chapter 2. Point Counter Point 1. British Agent, 2. Zero Hour, 3. Mission's End Chapter 3. Master Spy 1. Enter M. Massino, 2. Sidney Reilly, 3. Money and Murder, 4. The Lettish Plot, 5. Exit Sidney Reilly Chapter 4. Siberian Adventure 1. Aid Mémoire, 2. Intrigue at Vladivostok, 3. Terror in the East Chapter 5. Peace and War 1. Peace in the West, 2. At the Peace Conference, 3. Golovin's Mission Chapter 6. The War of Intervention 1. Prelude, 2. Northern Campaign, 3. Northwestern Campaign, 4. Southern Campaign, 5. Eastern Campaign, 6. The Poles and Wrangel, 7. The Last Survivor Chapter 7. An Accounting Book Two: Secrets of the Cordon Sanitaire Chapter 8. The White Crusade 1. The Ferment of the Aftermath, 2. White Russian Exodus, 3. A Gentleman from Reval, 4. The Hoffmann Plan Chapter 9. The Strange Career of a Terrorist 1. The Return of Sidney Reilly, 2. "A Business Like Any Other!", 3. Sunday a Chequers, 4. Moscow Trial, 1924 Chapter 10. To the Finnish Frontier 1. Anti-Bolshevism on Broadway, 2. Agent B1, 3. Black Hundreds at Detroit, 4. The Last of Sidney Reilly Chapter 11. Overture with the War Drums Chapter 12. Millionaires and Saboteurs 1. A Meeting in Paris, 2. Plan of Attack, 3. A Glimpse Behind the Scenes, 4. World's End Chapter 13: Three Trials 1. The Trial of the Industrial Party, 2. The Trial of the Mensheviks, 3. The Trial of the Vickers Engineers, Chapter 14. Death of an Era Book Three: Russia's Fifth Column Chapter 15. The Path to Treason 1. Rebel among Revolutionaries, 2. The Left Opposition, 3. The Path to Treason, 4. The Struggle for Power, 5. Alma Ata Chapter 16. Genesis of a Fifth Column 1. Trotsky at Elba, 2. Rendezvous in Berlin, 3. The Three Layers Chapter 17. Treason and Terror 1. The Diplomacy of Treason, 2. The Diplomacy of Terror Chapter 18. Murder in the Kremlin 1. Yagoda, 2. The Murder of Menzhinsky, 3. Murder with a Guarantee, 4. "Historical Necessity" Chapter 19. Days of Decision 1. The War Comes West, 2. A Letter from Trotsky, 3. A Flight to Oslo, 4. Zero Hour Chapter 20. The End of the Trail 1. Tukhachevsky, 2. The Trial of the Trotskyite Parallel Center, 3. Action in May, 4. Finale Chapter 21. Murder in Mexico Book Four: From Munich to San Francisco Chapter 22. The Second World War 1. Munich, 2. World War II Chapter 23. American Anti-Comintern 1. Heritage of the Black Hundreds, 2. "Saving America from Communism", 3. Paul Scheffer: A Case History, 4. The Dies Committee, 5. Lone Eagle Chapter 24. The Case of the Sixteen Chapter 25. United Nations Bibliographical Notes Chapters 1-2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 9, Chapter 10, Chapters 11-12, Chapter 13-14, Chapters 15-16, Chapters 17-20, Chapter 21, Chapter 22, Chapter 23, Chapter 24, Chapter 25