Word: stalinization
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...Stalin stopped him right there. "Well, anything is possible," he said vaguely. But in fact he categorically rejected the idea of Czechoslovakia's joining the Soviet Union. I think he was right to do that...
Unfortunately, Stalin was not always so sensible. Some time later, during another meeting with Gottwald, Stalin asked if the Soviet Union should move its troops into Czechoslovakia. The reason could have been simply that the cold war was gaining momentum. Truman was President, and Stalin feared war with America...
Gottwald answered, "Please, Comrade Stalin, anything but that! Under no circumstances should you send Soviet troops into our country. It would poison the well and create impossible difficulties for our own Communist Party...
Fortunately, Stalin was just probing. Thank goodness we didn't move troops into Czechoslovakia -- at least not on that occasion. The Czechoslovaks had the warmest and the most brotherly feelings toward us, especially compared with the peoples of certain other countries...
...Stalin was to blame. He was a criminal in this respect, and criminals should be tried. They should be tried not only in a courtroom by a judge but by society as well. The strongest trial is to brand Stalin a criminal in literature...