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Stalin School of Falsification - Chapter 13 To comrades Lenin and Trotsky. My own profound conviction is: No change in the situation can possibly be effected by my trip. . . Or, are we perhaps to seek the causes for that in another "characteristic" trait of Stalin -- his "capriciousness" (Lenin)? In any case, these are the facts. And facts are stubborn things. THE SOUTHERN FRONT Following in the footsteps of Voroshilov, we now pass to the central and most important question, that of the Southern Front. Here, in addition to an immense pile of all sorts of petty insinuations, we find two "general" falsifications (al though, perhaps, falsification is much too mild an expression). The first "general" falsification. This is how Voroshilov describes the autumn of 1919, i.e., the most crucial period of the civil war (Denikin threatens Tula; Yudenich threatens Petrograd). "The situation had to be saved, so the C.C sent comrade Stalin to the Southern Front in his capacity as a member of the Military Council. It is now [!] no longer necessary to hide [!] that prior to his appointment comrade Stalin put three main conditions to the C.C.: 1) Trotsky must not interfere in the affairs of the Southern Front and must not trespass the lines of demarcation set. . . . These conditions were completely accepted." [Accroding to Voroshilov, the second and third conditions consisted of a change in a number of responsible workers and the appointment of new ones (he gives no names -- is it perhaps the Tsaritsinites who are hidden under the pseudonym 'new ones"?) -N.M. ] This is a lie from beginning to end. It does not even contain that grain of truth which is occasionally contained even in a lie. Why has the time for this latest disclosure arrived only "now"? After all, since the year 1924 everything has been "disclosed" that could have been "disclosed." Why was it necessary to wait before making the latest disclosure which is by far less sen sational than scores of others made in 1929? It is not for nothing that Voroshilov once again resorts to a free rendition "in his own words." If such a decision of the C.C. really existed, why wasn't it quoted? And why refrain in general from precise reference to facts and documents? The reason is quite apparent. Every fact, every document is in flagrant contradiction with this invention. It ought, by the way, to be remarked here that it is not Voroshilov himself who invented this history. He recounts only that which Stalin in sheer affectation announced during one of the sessions of the Political Bureau back in 1927. Rumors of it penetrated into the party even at that time, arousing indignation among some comrades (those who were well informed), and among others, complete bewilderment. We must also add that during the session of the Political Bureau at which Stalin spoke, minutes were taken which were meant for publication, as is always the case in such procedure. At this session N. I. Muralov, present in the capacity of a member of the Central Control Commission, gave an annihilating answer in rebuttal to Stalin. The recorded minutes were then placed under lock and key and never made public to the party, despite the insist ence of the Opposition. Comrade Trotsky at that time (in his "letter to the lstpart" and since then in his autobiog raphy) refuted this absurd fiction with documents in hand. Neither Stalin nor anybody else either at that time or since then brought any semblance of excerpts or proofs. Neither Stalin nor anybody else, either at that time or since then, has had a single word to say in reply to the irrefutable docu ments cited by Trotsky. Moreover, they were compelled to keep silent. Today, three years later, Voroshilov once again raises this ridiculous piece of gossip. But let us give the floor to the documents: "Moscow, July 5, 1919. "The Communist Party of Russia (B.) "Central Committee "Kremlin. http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/1937-st2/sf13.htm (8 of 14) [06/06/2002 15:07:18]
Stalin School of Falsification - Chapter 13 "The Organization Bureau and the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, after considering the statement of com rade Trotsky and discussing it in full, have come to the unani mous conclusion that his resignation cannot be accepted, being entirely out of question. "The Organization Bureau and the Political Bureau of the Central Conmittee will do all that they can to make more convenient for comrade Trotsky, and more fruitful for the Republic, that work On the Southern Front which comrade Trotsky himself has chosen and which is the most difficult, the most dangerous and the most important at the present noment. In his position as People's Commissar for War and Chairman of the Military Council, comrade Trotsky is also fully empowered to act as a member of the Military Revolutionary Council of the Southern Front with the Commissar of the Southern Front (Yegorov) whom he himself proposed and whom the Central Committee has confirmed. "The Organization Bureau and the Political Bureau of the Central Committee give comrade Trotsky full authority by every means whatsoever to achieve what he considers a neces sary correction of policy on the military question and, if he so desires, to expedite the Congress of the party. "Firmly convinced that the withdrawal of comrade Trotsky at the present moment is absolutely impossible, and that it would cause the greatest injury to the Republic, the Organ szation Bureau and the Political Bureau of the Central Com mittee emphatically suggest to comrade Trotsky not to raise this question again and to fulfill his functions in the future, if he so desires, concentrating them in the marimum on his work at the Southern Front. "In view of this the Organization Bureau and the Political Bureau of the Central Committee reject both the resignation of comrade Trotsky from the Political Bureau and his with drawal from the post of the Chairman of the Military Coun cil of the Republic (People's Commissar for War). [Signed] "Lenin "Kamenev "Krestinsky"Kalinin "Serebriakov "Stalin "Stassova. "Checked by Secretary of the Central Committee, Helena Stassova." This document neither requires any commentaries nor does it allow of any false interpretations. Comrade Trotsky has dealt in his autobiography with the reasons which impelled him to take this serious step ( My Life, pp. 453f.). We shall in passing take the opportunity to indicate how the Central Committee reacted when Stalin sought to "threaten" resig nation. We cite an excerpt from the session of the Political Bureau, November 14th, 1919: "(Present: Lenin, Trotsky, Kamenev, Krestinsky.) To inform comrade Stalin that the Political Bureau regards as absolutely impermissible any attempt to ree~nforce practical demands with ultimatums and declarations of resignation." Thus, the entire Central Committee sustained comrade Trotsky's decision that he concentrate his work on http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/1937-st2/sf13.htm (9 of 14) [06/06/2002 15:07:18]
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