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To: LS; wildcard_redneck

“Isolationism was massive and needed NO help from the left, at all. It was so big, the British infiltrated our polling orgs to try and change opinion (Thomas Mahl, “Dangerous Deception”). They failed.

The left was real, tiny, and irrelevant.”


As a political force, the Left was, indeed, pretty tiny and irrelevant in the 1940s, especially when compared to today. However, certain key Soviet agents or sympathizers close to FDR had more of an effect than is appreciated.


60 posted on 11/10/2020 7:54:46 AM PST by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: Ancesthntr

They had “an” effect. Again, Harry Dexter White as Assist. Sec of Treas was the most important. His impact was not negligible, but didn’t “give China to the Commies.”


61 posted on 11/10/2020 7:57:04 AM PST by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix))
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