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...accusation in the current issue of Life magazine that Stalin was once a Russian czarist spy is "improbable" and "impossible to verify," Martin E. Malia, assistant professor of History, asserted yesterday...
There is no proof for Orlov's statement other than his word, Malia said. If the story is true, he added, it is surprising that no one has discovered it before...
...Malia also attacked the authenticity of a letter claimed by its discoverer to prove Stalin's connection with the czarist regime until 1913. Isaac don Levine, author of the first major biography of Stalin, claims to have found an Okhrana letter, written in 1913, in which Stalin's "spying" activities are discussed...
...Life, Levine gives an account of his discovery of the document and his "proof" of its validity. Malia, however, said that the document is probably a forgery...
...Malia noted concern among students about the barriers against the West, and reported that the phrase "Iron Curtain" is used and understood in Russia. The Russians are anxious to learn about the West and are particularly interested in American literature, of which they have very little recent knowledge...