Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-04

er. He asked me often for my
opinion of zhukov. I told him
then, II have known Zhukov for
a long time; he is a good general
and a good military leader"
After the war Stain began to
tell all kinds of nonsense about
zhukov. among others the fol-
lowing, you praised Zhukov, but
he does not deserve it. It is said
that before each operation at the
front Zhukov used to behave as
follows: He used to take a hand
full Of earth, smell it and say,
We can begin the attack or the
opposite. the planned operation
cannot be carried out" I stated
at that time, "Comrade Stain, I
do not know who invented this,
but it is not true"
1t is possible that Stain him.
self invented these things for the
purpose of minimizing the role
and military talents of Marshal
Zhukov.
In this connection Stain very
theoretically popularized him.
self as a great leader; in various
ways he tried to inculcate in the
people the version that all VIC
tories gained by the Soviet ma
ton during the great patriotic
war were due to the courage,
daring and genius of Stain and
of no one else -. Elimination in
the hail. -.
Not Stain, but the party as a
whole. the Soviet government,
our heroic army. its talented
leaders and brave soldiers, the
whole Soviet nation-these are
the ones who assured the victory
in the great patriotic war. ITEM
|pestOus and prolonged applause),.
-. The party came out of the
war even more united: in the fire
of the war party cadres were
tempered and hardened. Under
such conditions nobody could
have thought Of the possibility
Of some plot in the party.
And it was precisely at this
time that the so-called "Lenin-
grad affair" was born.
Collective concept disappeared
as Stolin's postwor suspicion
grew.
We must state that after the
war the situation became even
more complicated. Stain became
even more capricious, irritable
and brutal; in particular his
suspicion grew. His persecution
mania reached unbelievable di-
mansions. Many workers were
becoming enemies before his very
eyes. After the war Stain sep
Iarated himself from the collec-
tive even more. Everything was
decided by him alone without
any consideration for anyone or
anything.
The Party's central committee
has examined this so-called
"Leningrad affair."" persons who
innocently suffered are now re-
habilitated and honor has been
restored to the glorious Lenin-
grad party organization. Abaku-
NOV and others who had fabri-
Gated this affair were brought
before a court; their trial took
place in Leningrad and they re-
ceived what they deserved.
The question arises: Why is
it that we see the truth of this
affair only now. and why did
we not do something earlier,
during Stains life. in order to
prevent the lost of innocent
lives? 1t was because Stain
personally supervised the Len
ingrad Affair."" and the majority
of the Political Bureau members
did not. at that time, know all
of the circumstances in these
matters. and could not therefore
intervene.
StoIin blomed for shortcomings
in Soviet break with Tito.
The willfulness of Stain
showed itself not only in deci-
sions concerning the internal life
of the country but also in the
international relations of the
Soviet Union.
The July plenum of the Gen.
trail Committee studied in detail
the reasons for the development
of conflict with Yugoslavia. It
was a shameful role which Sta
lin played here. The "Yugoslav
affair" contained no problems
which could not have been solved
through party discussions among
comrades. There was no signif-
icant basis for the development
of this affair; it was COM
pletely possible to have pre-
vented the rupture Of relations