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John, this is not exactly my area of expertise but I am forwarding this to Marxmail to see if it gets a response.
On 6/6/16 6:39 PM, John Plant wrote:
Hi Louis This is impertinent, so blast me off if you feel so and I won't be offended. Its because I think you know your way about US academe. I am interested in a geezer called Sokolnikov. Old Bolshevik, Left Opp and Later Right Opp, then 1929-33 Sov ambassador to London, just at the time opposition was emerging in the CP here. Broue has written about how Stalin sent some of his opponents overseas on diplomatic jobs (eg Kollontai) where they secretly contacted oppositionists and shared information. The British secret service kept files on S and his wife, but w3hat has been made public is exceptionally well gutted. The only CP contact logged is William Ewer (very interesting bloke who ran the CP counter-spy operation and helped trigger a police strike but later went very conservative). That can't be all there was. A bloke called Samuel A. Oppenheim wrote about him in the 70s see http://members.optushome.com.au/spainter/Sokolnikov.html#Oppen84 . The book in progress he mentioned then does not seem to have ever appeared, and was obviously written before the Sov archives were opened anyway - still I'd like to find out if I can read what he did produce s nobody seems to have researched Sokolnikov since. There's apparently more than one US academic recently active by that name and I'd like to find out who is the right one to contact, or even if he is still alive. Are you able conveniently to access any data sources that might narrow down his current or recent tenure? If so, I would buy you several beers next time you are in London. Very best wishes as ever JP ________________________________________________________ "No call alligator 'long mouth' 'til you pass him."
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