Trotsky on Stalinism
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The classic Marxist analy of Stalinism is Leon Trotsky's Revolution Betrayed: What is the Soviet Union and Where It Going?' Available via Socialist Organiser, 28 Middle Lane, London N8: £2.50 plus 50p postage.
This speech was dutifully echoed by other speakers. But before the motion proposing Beria's immediate dismissal from all posts was put to the vote, Zhukov and his ten armed men were called in and marched Beria out of the room under guard. He was taken away from the Kremlin and held under tight surveillance.
Zhukov had organised support from two tank divisions to ward off any MVD attempt to free Beria. MVD troops were swiftly replaced on guard duties, and Beria's key supporters in commanding positions in the MVD were searched and arres-» ted both in Moscow and in the republics.
The operation
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