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

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electrify Russia through <strong>the</strong> building <strong>of</strong> 100 power stations between 1920<br />

and 1935. Zinoviev instead spoke <strong>of</strong> 27 power stations in January 1921.<br />

Only a small part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> plan was actually carried out. The company's<br />

representative Carl Steinmetz turned to Lenin on <strong>the</strong> 16th <strong>of</strong> February<br />

1922 and wished him <strong>the</strong> best <strong>of</strong> luck with <strong>the</strong> build-up <strong>of</strong> his socialist<br />

state. Lenin thanked Steinmetz for his aid in his written answer. (Lenin,<br />

"Collected Works", Vol. 27, pp. 275-276, and p. 539.)<br />

It should probably be mentioned here that <strong>the</strong> directors <strong>of</strong> General<br />

Electric and Standard Oil were also members <strong>of</strong> CFR (<strong>the</strong> Council on<br />

Foreign Relations). This group has a great influence on society, according<br />

to <strong>the</strong> Chicago Tribune (9th <strong>of</strong> November 1950). They have exploited <strong>the</strong><br />

prestige which <strong>the</strong>ir riches, social position and upbringing have given<br />

<strong>the</strong>m to lead <strong>the</strong>ir nation into bankruptcy and military decline.<br />

Between <strong>the</strong> years 1927 and 1932, American and British engineers built<br />

<strong>the</strong> Dneprogess power station with <strong>the</strong> aid <strong>of</strong> American technology and<br />

Russian slaves. Colonel Hugh Cooper completed <strong>the</strong> building in 1932. The<br />

Dneprogess, which was 760 metres long and 60 metres tall, was called <strong>the</strong><br />

world's largest building. It produced 2.5 billion Kwh <strong>of</strong> electricity per<br />

year.<br />

In <strong>the</strong> beginning, <strong>the</strong> power stations (Volkhov, Svir and Dneprogess)<br />

were constructed entirely <strong>by</strong> General Electric. The company later planned<br />

a large turbine factory in Kharkov, so that <strong>the</strong> Russians would be able to<br />

produce <strong>the</strong>ir own turbines. The production <strong>of</strong> this factory was two and<br />

half times greater than that <strong>of</strong> General Electric's factories in <strong>the</strong> U.S.A.<br />

Six British engineers (including Thornton from Metropolitan Vickers)<br />

were sentenced to forced labour for "sabotage" in 1933, in order to<br />

frighten <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r foreign engineers into silence. (Mikhail Heller and<br />

Alexander Nekrich, "Utopia in Power", London, 1986, p. 245.)<br />

Meanwhile, more and more gold ended up in <strong>the</strong> treasure chambers <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> banking elite. American companies began to build up Soviet Russia's<br />

heavy industry as early as <strong>the</strong> beginning <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 1920s. Arthur G. McKee<br />

from Cleveland designed <strong>the</strong> world's largest steelworks in Magnitogorsk<br />

in 1928 and <strong>the</strong> construction was begun in January 1929. It became a<br />

replica <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Garg steelworks in Indiana. All <strong>the</strong> equipment came from<br />

<strong>the</strong> United States <strong>of</strong> America, from <strong>the</strong> Clearing Mach Corporation,<br />

among o<strong>the</strong>rs. The eight largest ovens were also constructed for <strong>the</strong><br />

Bolsheviks. The whole complex was 17 kilometres in length, something<br />

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