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"Under the Sign of Scorpion" by Juri - Gnostic Liberation Front

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An article <strong>by</strong> Stalin about <strong>the</strong> murderous Jewish doctors was published<br />

on <strong>the</strong> 13 th <strong>of</strong> January 1953. It was also apparent from this article that<br />

Stalin's next aim was to purge <strong>the</strong> Politburo <strong>of</strong> Jews and o<strong>the</strong>r members<br />

with Jewish relatives (wives). There were two Jews (Kaganovich and<br />

Beria) left among <strong>the</strong> eleven members <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Politburo at that point, as<br />

well as five Russian members with Jewish relatives (Molotov, Malenkov,<br />

Khrushchev, Andreyev, Voroshilov), according to <strong>the</strong> historian Abdu-<br />

rakhman Avtrokhanov. Stalin wanted to form a new, larger Politburo with<br />

Russian members.<br />

The leading Jews began worrying about <strong>the</strong>ir positions. They realised<br />

that Stalin could go much fur<strong>the</strong>r. One <strong>of</strong> those concerned was Lazar<br />

Kaganovich, member <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Politburo. He decided to organise a plot to<br />

have Stalin removed. He invited three o<strong>the</strong>r members <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Politburo;<br />

Nikolai Bulganin, Vyacheslav Molotov and Kliment Voroshilov, to<br />

Voroshilov's villa in Zhukovka where he, according to his own admission,<br />

suggested using his own sister Roza (Stalin's wife), who was a doctor, to<br />

kill Stalin <strong>by</strong> means <strong>of</strong> tablets which caused cerebral haemorrhage. It was<br />

decided that Stalin's usual tablets should be exchanged for some o<strong>the</strong>rs,<br />

which Molotov called rat-poison. Everybody approved <strong>of</strong> Kaganovich's<br />

suggestion. (Stuart Kahan, "The Wolf <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Kremlin: Stalin's Right-Hand<br />

Man", Stockholm, 1988, pp. 268-269.)<br />

Beria also felt threatened and worked out his own plan, which he called<br />

Mozart. Beria got Nikita Khrushchev, Georgi Malenkov and Nikolai Bul-<br />

ganin over to his side. Everybody waited for <strong>the</strong> right moment.<br />

Stalin suspected that something was going on. He realised that he was<br />

no longer useful to <strong>the</strong> Jews. He <strong>the</strong>refore said to <strong>the</strong> presidium at <strong>the</strong> end<br />

<strong>of</strong> February that <strong>the</strong> main proceedings against <strong>the</strong> Jewish doctors would<br />

take place in <strong>the</strong> middle <strong>of</strong> March.<br />

At <strong>the</strong> same time, he took <strong>the</strong> opportunity to present a proposal for a<br />

new decree, according to which all Jews were to be deported to Central<br />

Asia. Kaganovich and Molotov protested. Stalin did not care about <strong>the</strong><br />

consequences. He had had enough <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Jews. Everything according to<br />

<strong>the</strong> secretary <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> central committee, Panteleimon Ponomarenko's story<br />

to foreign journalists in 1956.<br />

Ponomarenko was <strong>the</strong>n also <strong>the</strong> ambassador <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Soviet Union in<br />

Poland. (A. Avtrokhanov, "The Mystery <strong>of</strong> Stalin's Death", Frankfurt am<br />

Main, 1981, p. 228.)<br />

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