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

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Bcing a freemason, <strong>the</strong> American President Woodrow Wilson (1856-<br />

1924) had very reluctantly sent 4500 troops to Nor<strong>the</strong>rn Russia, since <strong>the</strong><br />

freemason and supreme commander <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Allied troops, Ferdinand Foch,<br />

had demanded it. The historian Louis Fischer confirms in his biography <strong>of</strong><br />

Lenin that Wilson tried to keep <strong>the</strong> American presence to a minimum - <strong>the</strong><br />

American forces did virtually nothing in Nor<strong>the</strong>rn Russia. The <strong>of</strong>ficial<br />

numbers were also greatly exaggerated. Fischer stressed that <strong>the</strong> foreign<br />

troops played a very small role for <strong>the</strong> outcome <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> civil war. (Louis<br />

Fischer, "The Life <strong>of</strong> Lenin", London, 1970, p. 489.)<br />

So, <strong>the</strong> United States <strong>of</strong> America and <strong>the</strong>ir allies were not at all<br />

interested in deposing <strong>the</strong> Bolsheviks. The formerly secret and extremely<br />

interesting reports about <strong>the</strong> Russian civil war in <strong>the</strong> archives <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

American State Department confirm this fact. These papers have been<br />

available to researchers since September 1958. Among o<strong>the</strong>r documents<br />

<strong>the</strong>re are <strong>the</strong> instructions from <strong>the</strong> State Department which were<br />

telegraphed to <strong>the</strong> American ambassador, David Francis, on <strong>the</strong> 15th <strong>of</strong><br />

February 1918, telling him to maintain close un<strong>of</strong>ficial contact with <strong>the</strong><br />

Bolsheviks, so that <strong>the</strong>re would be no need to recognise <strong>the</strong> Soviet regime<br />

<strong>of</strong>ficially. Francis had suggested crushing <strong>the</strong> Bolsheviks altoge<strong>the</strong>r.<br />

Washington ignored this suggestion.<br />

It would not have been difficult to crush <strong>the</strong> Bolsheviks, if <strong>the</strong>re had<br />

been any real wish to do so, since <strong>the</strong>y were exceedingly weak in <strong>the</strong><br />

middle <strong>of</strong> 1918. In July 1918, <strong>the</strong> Germans and <strong>the</strong> Chinese who crushed<br />

<strong>the</strong> Social Revolutionaries' revolt saved <strong>the</strong>m. The Finnish General Carl<br />

Gustaf Mannerheim also believed that his well-disciplined troops were<br />

capable <strong>of</strong> conquering Eastern Karelia and deposing Lenin (who was<br />

totally ignorant <strong>of</strong> military tactics) in Petrograd. The Germans prohibited<br />

that action, however. Then threats came from <strong>the</strong> British. London even<br />

considered a declaration <strong>of</strong> war against Finland if <strong>the</strong> Finns really<br />

threatcned <strong>the</strong> Bolsheviks. (M. Jaaskelainen, "Ita-Karjalan kysymys..." /<br />

"The Ouestion <strong>of</strong> Eastern Karelia...", Helsinki, 1961.)<br />

In <strong>the</strong> spring <strong>of</strong> 1918, Leon Trotsky asked for economic aid from <strong>the</strong><br />

United States in order to be able to combat <strong>the</strong> Whites more efficiently.<br />

Lenin also asked President Wilson for help in building up his socialist<br />

state, according to Louis Fischer's "The Life <strong>of</strong> Lenin" (London, 1970).<br />

Of course, <strong>the</strong> United States gave <strong>the</strong> Bolsheviks all kinds <strong>of</strong> aid. The<br />

American ambassador, David Francis, reported to Washington on <strong>the</strong> 17th<br />

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