THE SOVIET PURGE
M. STALIN'S EXPLANATION GENUINENESS OF CONFESSIONS ACCEPTED Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, June 22. (Received June 23, at 12.5 p.m.) The ‘ Chronicle ’ says M. Stalin has issued a memorandum on the subject of the executions on June 12, explaining his action and contending that the purge had increased Russia’s value as an ally, and had strengthened the Soviet,' which was left with the morale of tho Red Army unshaken. He states: “ Those executed were not charged with treason in the vulgar sense, but_ desired to_ wreck Russia’s alliance with bourgeois Governments. Their political conception would result in the downfall of Soviet Russia. The men were traitors, therefore I struck.” Referring to doubts concerning the genuineness of the “ confessions,” M. Stalin declares that readiness to confess is not understandable by those ignorant of Slav psychology.
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Evening Star, Issue 22682, 23 June 1937, Page 12
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137THE SOVIET PURGE Evening Star, Issue 22682, 23 June 1937, Page 12
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