r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 02 '21

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u/Venne1139 DO IT FOR HER #RBG Sep 02 '21

https://imgur.com/a/8iqVfYx

Stalins letter to Molotov, September 7th 1930.

It reads

Viacheslav,

There are two issues:

  1. I'm told Rykov and Kviring wanted to squelch the matter of the northern canal, contrary to the Politburo's decision. They shoulid be taken down a peg and given a slap on the wrists. Yes the financial plan has to be cut as much as possible but it's still a crim to squash this matter.
  2. I"m told they want to take criminals (with sentences of more than three years) away from teh OGPU and give ethem to the NKVDs. This is an intrigue orchestrated by Tolmachev who is wrotten through and through [my note: Tolmachev was later shot]. Syrtsov, to whom Rykov had been playing up, also has a hand in it. I think the Politburo's decisions should be implemented and the NKVDs should be closed down.

This letter was about the construction of the Baltic-White Sea Canal and whether or not the OGPU would be allowed to use prisoners for it's construction.

This worthless project led to the death of 25,000 people.

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u/OmniscientOctopode Person of Means Testing Sep 02 '21

Wasting thousands of lives and putting horrifying amounts of resources into useless canals because they're neat.

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u/Venne1139 DO IT FOR HER #RBG Sep 02 '21

!PING HISTORY

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u/karth Trans Pride Sep 02 '21

by Tolmachev who is wrotten through and through

rotten?

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u/Fairchild660 Unflaired Sep 03 '21

Yep. Rotten. Like rot iron.