World War II Behind Closed Doors (71 page)

79
Quotes gathered Yakovlev and Naumov (eds.),
Georgi Zhukov
, pp. 586–91. Appendix. Memorandum from S. V. Abakumov. Aso from Konev's memoirs as published in B. Sokolov,
Neizvestny Zhukov (Unknown Zhukov)
Rodiola-Plius, 2000, p. 519. See also P. G. Pikhoya,
Soviet Union: History of Soviet Power, 1945–1991
, Novosibirsk, 2000, p. 37.

80
Y. Gorlizki and O. Khlevniuk,
Cold Peace. Stalin and the Soviet Ruling Circle, 1945–1953
, Oxford University Press, 2004, p. 198. Note 28 – Resolution of the Central Committee of the Communist Party; Report by T. T. Shkiratov and Abakumov regarding P. S. Zhemchuzhina.

81
Letter from Molotov to Stalin, 20 January 1949, in Russian State Archive of Social and Political History, F. 17, Op. 163, D. 1518, L. 164.

82
Quoted in BBC
Timewatch: Stalin and the Betrayal of Leningrad
, Martin Balazova (producer), Laurence Rees (executive producer), transmission BBC2, 9 August 2002.

83
BBC interview.

84
Ibid.

85
Ibid.

86
Teresa Toranska,
Stalin's Polish Puppets
, Collins Harvill, 1987, p. 146.

POSTSCRIPT

1
See article by George Earle in
Confidential
magazine, August 1958, Vol. 6, no. 3, p. 15.

2
John Grigg,
1943: The Victory That Never Was
, Methuen, 1980.

3
George Orwell, ‘The Freedom of the Press’, first published in
The Times Literary Supplement
, 15 September 1972.

4
O'Malley,
The Phantom Caravan
, p. 232.

5
See page 122 of this book.

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