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oculated this insignificant group
with feeling of animal hatred
towards the leaders of the revolu-
ton. From vain attempts to fall
sify the doctrines of Marx and
Lenin. to discredit the feminist lead
ership of the Party, from vain at
tsmpts to crush the iron unity of
the Bolshevist ranks to direct
treason to the cause of the working
class and the fulfllment Of the
command Of the class enemy to in
spire all fascist forces hostile to us
towards the creation of an under
ground anti-Soviet terrorist group
such is the logic of fractional strug-
gle"
The Soviet Government organ.
Izvestia, writes:
"The terrorist group, the Ienin-
grad Center was formed from the
remnants of the routed zinoviev OPP
position. 1t remained unknown be-
cause it lived q close life torn COM
pletely from the masses, not only
falling to show any signs of polit-
ical activity. but carefully masking
its real aspect by declarations of
loyalty to the Party. Its reticence
was the result of the fact that it
had nothing to say to fighting work
ers and collective farmers. The
members Of this group wished
changes to be made in the present
''olicy in the spirit Of the so-called
Hinoviev-Tr0tskyite platform. But
this platform is the product of the
zinoviev-Trotsky lack OF confidence
in the possibility of building social
ism in our country. Apart from
slanderous attacks against Lenin
the Party and its leadership. it sup
ported in words all sorts of recipe,
for the branches Of construction ir
industry and the limitation of kulaR
| exploitation. To come forth with
such program, even in a narrow
circle of workers, would mean tt
be ridiculed. because the Party ane
its leadership, to which the Zinc
vlev-TrotSky platform prophesied s
/ Thermidorian rebirth, has DURING
this period constructed giant so.
clallst industry and has liquidstec
the kulaks upon basis of complete
/ concentration, Of which the mem.
bers Of the opposition neve1
dreamed.
The remnant Of the Zinovie;
group, the broken Zinoviev ouposi.
ton. under cover of the Party mem.
oership card and concealing its fac.
tlonal loyalty and slanderous anti.
/ Party program, could not but
realize that the whole essence OF
their activities and strivings was thu
restoration of the capitalist regime
With such program one not only
{ cannot approach workers and col.
lective farmers. but even the toiline
people generally.
All that remained for these dreg.
to do was: Concealing themselve.
with the Party ticket, to shoot Al
leaders OF the Party and the Soviet
regime. Terrorism was the result
OF the hopelessness and doom Of
this group. They could not eair
! that aim which they wanted = IL
disorganize the Soviet regime b,
terrorist acts"
Emphasizing further that the
whole Czsrist machine could MOI
disorganize the Bolshevik Party
that the Soviet regime could MOI
be disorganized by the world bour.
geoisie through intervention, block
ade and espionage, that the Soviet
regime could not be disorganizec
by wreckers, kulaks. Mensheyiks
Observation-Disclosures and all 3D.
positions taken together, Izvestis
goes on to say:
But If the attempt Of the ter
rorlst group from the dreRs of the
former zinoviev opposition could
not gain its aim. it could, however
by revolver hidden behind a Party
card. inflict a wound upon the
Party and the Soviet regime by
wrenchine Kirov from the ranks OF
the Party
The wsys o. sorrow, the wave of
solidarity with the Party, which