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CONTENTS

CHAPTER I
America and the Soviets
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The Position of American Labor—Secretary Colby's Note of August 10, 1921—The Bolshevist Answer—Secretary Hughes' Note of March 25, 1921—Revolutionary Propaganda by Soviet Trade Commissioners—Test of Hughes' Note—Secretary Hughes' Reply to President Gompers—Secretary W. B. Wilson's Decision Re the Deportation of "Ambassador" Martens—Secretary Hoover's Views—The Hearst Newspapers' Interpretation—Other Newspapers—Lenin as a "Conservative"—The Official Soviet Reply to the Hughes Note—Lenin's Supposed "Compromises" and "Reforms"—"State Capitalism" Adopted—The Avalanche of Adverse Evidence—The Pro-Bolshevist Propaganda Continues Unabated—Socialist, Labor and "Liberal" Pro-Bolshevists
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CHAPTER II
The Practical Foundation—Mendacious Propaganda
The Function of Propaganda According to the Ninth Communist Congress—Lenin Publicly Advocates Mendacity—Lenin Viewed as a "Mad Demagogue"—Lenin Publicly Plans to De-

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