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

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should be regarded as confused idealists and benefactors <strong>of</strong> mankind. He<br />

made propaganda for a recognition <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Soviet Union, added that <strong>the</strong><br />

Communists were "all right" and that <strong>the</strong>re was really no Communist<br />

problem. It was just a psychological error.<br />

Walter Duranty, <strong>the</strong> correspondent for <strong>the</strong> New York Times in Moscow,<br />

did all he could to portray <strong>the</strong> mock trials <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 1930s as favourably as<br />

possible - he even justified <strong>the</strong>m (Dagens Nyheter, 29th <strong>of</strong> September<br />

1990). These American journalists knew full well what was really happe-<br />

ning, since <strong>the</strong>y have written about it <strong>the</strong>mselves in <strong>the</strong>ir memoirs. The<br />

American editorial staff did not permit <strong>the</strong>m to tell <strong>the</strong> truth.<br />

It was not surprising, <strong>the</strong>refore, that Stalin, who was kindly called<br />

"Uncle Joe", was named man <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> year <strong>by</strong> Time Magazine in 1939.<br />

AdoIf Hitler had received <strong>the</strong> same honour <strong>the</strong> year before. Ivy Lee had<br />

advertised Hitler in <strong>the</strong> same manner. Time explained <strong>the</strong>ir decision in <strong>the</strong><br />

following way: "Hitler is a guarantee for world peace."<br />

But when <strong>the</strong> British newspaper <strong>the</strong> Manchester Guardian's reporter<br />

published an article about <strong>the</strong> mass fatality in <strong>the</strong> countryside as early as<br />

in 1933, <strong>the</strong> "progressive" Western opinion did not wish to believe him.<br />

Build-Up <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Soviet Regime<br />

The Germans also eagerly took part in <strong>the</strong> build-up <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Soviet Union<br />

since <strong>the</strong>y were expecting large pr<strong>of</strong>its and <strong>the</strong> chance to rebuild <strong>the</strong>ir own<br />

war machine... After <strong>the</strong> First World War, <strong>the</strong> Versailles treaty prohibited<br />

Germany from developing a war industry and <strong>the</strong> aeroplane factories Jun-<br />

kers, Dornier and Rohrbach were forced to move abroad. The Rapallo<br />

treaty, signed <strong>by</strong> Soviet Russia and Germany on <strong>the</strong> 16th <strong>of</strong> April 1922,<br />

gave Junkers-Werke <strong>the</strong> chance to found <strong>the</strong> aircraft industry FIL near<br />

Moscow. The factory was completed <strong>by</strong> April 1924. German pilots were<br />

given <strong>the</strong> opportunity to train <strong>the</strong>re. The factory, under <strong>the</strong> direction <strong>of</strong><br />

Junkers and with licence from Mercedes Benz, began producing 300<br />

aeroplanes per year <strong>of</strong> which <strong>the</strong> Soviet government bought 60. Junkers<br />

also had a gifted pupil at <strong>the</strong> FIL factory, Andrei Tupolev, who later<br />

constructed <strong>the</strong> ANT-5 fighter with American aid.<br />

Junkers built ano<strong>the</strong>r factory in <strong>the</strong> province <strong>of</strong> Tver, where German<br />

engineers were employed. Junkers also produced passenger planes at that<br />

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