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| Title | Trotsky the traitor |
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| Publisher | Workers Library Publishers |
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| Date | 1937 |
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| Language | English |
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| Original Item Extent | 30 pages; 19 cm |
| Original Item Location | DK254.T6B588 1937 |
| Original Item URL | http://library.uh.edu/record=b8304439~S11 |
| Original Collection | Socialist and Communist Pamphlets |
| Digital Collection | Socialist and Communist Pamphlets |
| Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/scpamp |
| Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
| Repository URL | http://libraries.uh.edu/branches/special-collections |
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| Transcript | "But the fascists receive the following compensation for this. A generally favorable attitude by the bloc to German interests and ^he German government in all question of international policy. "Certain territorial concessions. This was called 'non-resistance to Ukrainian national bourgeois forces in the case of their attempt at self determination'. This means, in concealed form, what Radek spoke of here when he said 'If the Germans set up their Ukrainian government, which, of course, they would not control through a German governor-general but perhaps through a Hetman, but in any case Germans would self-determine the Ukraine' and the Trotsky-Zinoviev bloc would in any case not oppose this. In essence this meant the dismemberment of the U.S.S.R. "The next point in the agreement dealt with the form in which German capital would get a chance to exploit the resources and raw materials of the U.S.S.R. It required especially gold mines, oil, manganese, lumber, apatite, etc. "The last point was: in case of military attack, it would be necessary to coordinate the disruptive forces of the Trotskyite organization acting within the country with external forces acting under the leadership of German fascism." For these unspeakable treacheries against the progressive forces of the world, Trotsky had "justifying" arguments. Of course. And the argument that must have been most convincing to Piatakov & Co. was probably this. Trotsky argues with Paitakov: "If we intended to come to power at all, then the real forces in the international situation were primarily the fascists and we must establish contact with these forces, one way or another." "Practical politicians", they called themselves. If you must get power in the Soviet Union, and Trotsky still thinks he must, and you cannot get it by yourself, then you must have somebody to help you. According to Trotsky, the fascists could help. But— "Trotsky immediately pointed out that this favorable attitude would not be the result of any special love on the part of these governments for the Trotsky-Zinoviev bloc. It would proceed simply from the practical interests of the fascist governments and from what we promise to do for them if we received power." Thus Piatakov related his interview with Trotsky near Oslo. Sure, there is little love lost between Hitler and Trotsky. We 8 |