The book “Diplomats and Demagogues: the Memoirs of Spruille Braden” included the text of a speech delivered by the author in 1965 in which the phrase was attributed to Joseph Stalin:
Aiding this huge conspiracy have been countless innocent although well-intentioned sentimentalists or idealists. Stalin baptized these groups as “useful idiots”
43 posted on 02/27/2022 7:25:53 PM PST by proust
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