... the FBI to David Greenglass, who led the bureau to Julius Rosenberg. On July 15, 1950 Julius Rosenberg was arrested on the charge of conspiracy to commit espionage. On August 11, 1950 Ethel Rosenberg was arrested on the same charge as her husband. On March 16, 1951 the ... to the Soviet Union by American spies have been published. One of the most respected, "Bombshell: The Secret Story of America's Unknown Atomic Spy Conspiracy" by Joseph Albright and Marcia Kunstel, was published by Times Book Corp., NYC. The role of the brilliant American physicist, Theodore Hall, and ... from the draw...

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... Cullather 178). Based upon the investigation, the [Warren] Commission concluded that there is no credible evidence that Lee Harvey Oswald was part of a conspiracy to assassinate President Kennedy. Examination of the facts of the assassination itself revealed no indication that Oswald was aided in the planning or execution of ... Oswald's life and activities since 1959, although productive in illuminating the character of Lee Harvey Oswald did not produce any meaningful evidence of a conspiracy (Washington 179). The Warren Commission states that, "The motives of any man, however, must be...

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... was a revolutionary leader who gained many supports from the Russian people because of his promise for Peace, Bread and Land'. A further internal threat to the Russian society was the Kornilov conspiracy whose proposals were rejected leading to the march on Petrograd. These factors all posed a great threat to the consolidation of the French and Russian Revolutions correspondingly. In France, war was ... not dealt accordingly which further implicated the society as Russian peasants seized land illegally, hence consolidating threats to the Russian Revolution. A further internal threat to th...

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... was a great plot to overthrow his rule of Russia (Purge 2). He then had everyone involved with the assassination and anyone close to Kirov put on trial and found guilty of conspiracy to overthrow the government (Purge 2). This very hypocritical action was never noticed by the Russian public, since the trial was held in secret (Purge 2). For the next year and a half ... two more trials that would take place over the next two years. In 1937 a second purge trial would take place that consisted of the prosecution of seventeen leftwing defendants for "conspiracy against the government" (Purg...

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... which was that of Victor John Yannacone Jr., who had filed the original class action suit against the chemical companies in 1979. This suit alleged that the Veterans Agency had "conspired to disseminate false and misleading information" to veterans about risk of exposure to Agent Orange. The Veterans Agency, however, did maintain that there was no conclusive evidence to prove that ... ...

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... 60). From this point onward, throughout the book Hitler would take great care in associating Jewishness with Communism, Communism with Jewishness. "He produced the identification of Communism w/the Jewish world conspiracy directed from Moscow as a fact proved by irrefutable evidence" (Bullock 365). As Flood puts it, "Hitler brought forward his equation that Jews were Marxists, Marxists were Jews" (Flood 593). Hitler ... that early of a date, Hitler was already beginning to call Jewry a world plague, which could only be fought by force of arms. Hitler would often make references to a Jew...

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... the satiric story. The story is about an American Ari Force who wants to begin a nuclear war with the Soviet Union in order to stop something which he believes, a communist conspiracy in doing some bad actions. the general explains that giving the greater kill and suffering the lower loss will be to destroy all Soviet Union nuclear weapons will be an ... good at all. Bombers were sent out to the Soviet Union and were not able to be recalled since all of their communications has been shutdown to disable enemy communication conspiracy. The general's mistake has rendered the president of t...

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... 1964, concluded that Oswald was almost certainly the only gunman, and "found no evidence" that the killer "was part of any conspiracy, domestic or foreign, to assassinate President Kennedy." Nevertheless, the JFK's assassination has become a fertile breeding ground for conspiracy theories, implicating everyone from the Soviet government to angry segregationists, from Fidel Castro to organized crime figures. Speculation continues unabated to the ... ...

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... for a whole decade. However, at the initial stage of this balance of power is not supposed confrontation between the major powers. Initially, symbolizing her "Yalta-Potsdam order" associated rather with "conspiracy stronger than their opposition," but this trend has not received further development in international relations, despite the fact that it is possible to maintain the relationship between the two folding ... ...

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... current situation.8 Regarding his loyalty towards the Party and the Marxist-Leninist doctrine, it is highly unlikely that his intentions were to abolish and eliminate the Soviet system, as some conspiracy theories argue. Whichever value-based opinion people decide to adopt, the outcome of the situation is inevitable. The "revolution" and the revaluation of ideas, leading to the collapse ... ...

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... he examined the high officials in the Communist government and he noticed that a number of them had Jewish Heritage. He made a link between these two and claimed that this was a conspiracy led by the Jews. This was false and at the face of this new threat, Russia quickly realized its 'allies' were in no rush to help them contain Hitler ... ...

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... one of the most important government department, is thoroughly infested with Communists" He blamed the U.S State Department for losing China, and also Alger Hiss has being a part of the conspiracy. He also claimed that the U.S armies were full of communists. After news of the hearing spread all around, people became vastly nervous because they thought their leaders were dangerous communists ... ...

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... obvious civil rights breach that was "The House of Un-American Activities Activities" caused massive distress on the political, social, and economic status in America. Their pleas of corruption and conspiracy led to the paralysis of independent thought and the welcomed beginning of mass conformity. Throughout the Red Scare, the political landscape of the nation changed drastically. Hundreds were caught up ... ...

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... a B-26 was shown along with a picture of one of the pilots wearing a baseball hat and hiding behind dark sunglasses. His name was withheld. Even at this early stage, a sense of conspiracy had begun to unravel the events of that week. In the early hours of April seventeenth, the assault on the Bay of Pigs began in a cloak and dagger fashion. The ... ...

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... shot and killed by night club owner Jack Ruby two days later, while under heavy police escort on a jail transfer. Much controversy remains concerning the Kennedy assassination, and speculation about conspiracy theories abounds, despite the Warren Commission's conclusion that Oswald most likely acted alone....

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... of one of the B-26s was shown along with a picture of one of the pilots cloaked in a baseball hat and hiding behind dark sunglasses, his name was withheld. A sense of conspiracy was even at this early stage beginning to envelope the events of that week. In the early hours of April 17th the assault on the Bay of Pigs began. In ... ...

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... purges was public show trials, where old Bolsheviks confessed to crimes against the Soviet Union. However, getting confession was important. As they showed that the state and Stalin was right- a conspiracy did exist. The first to go were old enemies of Stalin- Zinoviev and Kamenev, along with others. However, the purges only took place after Stalin realized that his position was ... ...

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... view of how the military works, especially in threatening situations. The plot is as follows: insane U.S. Air Force General, Jack Ripper (Sterling Hayden), obsessed by his fears of "the communist conspiracy" orders the long range bombers under his command to launch a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. Only he has the code that will recall the attack. Once the bombers are ... ...

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... United States became aware that the Soviet Union had tested its first atomic weapon a year earlier than anyone had expected they would. This spawned a panic over the idea of a communist conspiracy within American borders. During this time, a man by the name of Whittaker Chambers had become extremely fearful of espionage within the government. Chambers had joined the Communist party in 1924 ... ...

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... of life" or conducted medical experiment were tried. 16 of them were found guilty. There were four counts of which the people could be sentenced: Count one- Common Design or Conspiracy, Count Two- War Crimes, which included murders, brutalities, cruelties, and atrocities, Count Three- Crimes Against Humanity, and Count Four- Membership in a Criminal Organization. One of the doctors charged was Rudolf ... ...

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... files to access Soviet communications to find out about Hiss, Harry Gold, Rosenberg's, Klaus Fuchs, and others were paid agents of the Soviet Union The Rosenberg's were being accused for conspiracy of espionage and were executed. Hiss was accused for perjury for sending papers to the Soviet Union and lying on oath and was sent to prison for ten years. This ... ...

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... from 1936 to 1938. During this time several show trials where held in Moscow. They where designed to convince domestic and foreign people of the existence of a vast anti- Soviet conspiracy, and to strike fear into any Soviet how tried to disagree with Stalin. Almost all of the original Bolsheviks who had played a role in the Revolution where either executed or ... ...

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... bought to the surface when the British government raided the Soviet trade mission in London. The Soviet government saw this and other signs as an indication of an anti-Communist conspiracy. Industrialisation was made out to be patriotic by the government and formed an essential pillar in Stalins cry for socialism in one country' theory which promoted building a strong and lasting ... ...

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... things and "attaches great importance to the number twenty-six, which is not only the name of his birth, but is also his age when he launched his first antigovernment conspiracy, known as the "26th of July Movement," and still uses this day to make important speeches. (Selsdon, 7). Fidel grew up in a more fortunate and a better environment than the average Cubans ... ...

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... down. Poland stayed in Soviet bloc and supported them. Alger Hiss - State department official charged with spying for Soviets in 1950. Although he was really guilty, led to McCarthy's "communist conspiracy" and red scare that threw out many important members of the government, hurting them in times to come. Ho Chi Minh - communist and nationalist leader in Vietnam who fought with ... ...

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