I have read the comment by Robert Conquest in His comment states We are all inclined to accept the Zemskov totals even if not as complete with their 14 million intake to Gulag camps alone to which must be added 4 5 million going to Gulag colonies to say nothing of the 3 5 million already in or sent lo labour settlements However taken these are surely high figures The first weakness is that the comment by Robert Conquest does not appear to be a serious study and has only eight references to sources that are not widely known The second weakness is that Robert Conquest referring to Zemskov have provide no reference to a source in which the study by Zemskov had been published and have not explained which sources and methods Zemskov had used during his study