Zinovyev Letter
British history
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publication by Crowe
- In Sir Eyre Crowe
…the decision to publish the Zinoviev Letter (addressed to the Communist Party in Britain and advising on revolutionary procedures), which contributed to the defeat of the Labour Party in the parliamentary election shortly thereafter.
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role in British–Soviet relations
- In 20th-century international relations: Lenin’s diplomacy
…infamous (and probably forged) “Zinovyev letter” ordering Communists to disrupt the British army created a sensation. British police also suspected Communists of subversive activities during the bitter General Strike of 1926 and launched the “Arcos raid” on the Soviet trade delegation in London in May 1927. Anglo-Soviet relations did…
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