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See Senate Document No. When Thompson arrived in Russia, he made it clear, that he was not your typical Red Cross representative. Thompson, Red Cross Donor, Believes Party Misrepresented in the Washington Post of Feb. 2, 1918)A photograph of the cablegram from Morgan to Thompson advising, that the money had been transferred to the National City Bank branch in Petrograd, is included in this book. tells of a British financier, who in 1907 gave him a large loan to be repaid after the overthrow of the Tsar. People on the street called him the American Tsar. This amazing story begins with the war between Russia and Japan in 1904. The subsequent publication of various memoirs and documents made it clear, that this funding was provided by Lord Alfred Milner and channeled through Sir George Buchanan, who was the British Ambassador to Russia at the time. Please do your own due diligence, especially on important decisions. Installment number three will examine Wall Street ties to Hitler. PureBody Zeolite Detox Works over 100x Better than others on the Market. He was one of the heaviest stockholders in the Chase National Bank; The top Communist leaders have never been as hostile to their counterparts in the West, as the rhetoric suggests. In addition, he gave over two million roubles to Aleksandr Kerensky for propaganda purposes inside Russia and with J.P. Morgan gave the rouble equivalent of one million dollars to the Bolsheviks for the spreading of revolutionary propaganda outside of Russia, particularly in Germany and Austria. Trotsky therefore represented a real threat to Englands war effort. [T]here were also strong financial incentives for Wall Street firms, such as Kuhn, Loeb and Company, of which Schiff was a senior partner, to see the old regime fall into the hands of revolutionaries, who would agree to grant lucrative business concessions in the future in return for financial support today. (Sutton: Revolution, pp. Antony C. Sutton Wall Street and the Bolshevik Revolution: The Remarkable True Story of the American Capitalists Who Financed the Russian Communists Kindle Edition by Antony Cyril Sutton (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 311 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle $5.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover $122.71 2 Used from $59.99 Trotsky in his book My Life tells of a British financier, who in 1907 gave him a large loan to be repaid after the overthrow of the Tsar. Photo: stringer/Agence France-Presse/Getty . How the USSR helped the Communists seize power in China On March 23, 1917 a mass meeting was held at Carnegie Hall to celebrate the abdication of Nicolas II, which meant the overthrow of Tsarist rule in Russia. There is no documentation to substantiate that claim, but the circumstantial evidence does point to a wealthy donor in New York. It must have been a curious sight to see the family of the great socialist radical, defender of the working class, enemy of capitalism, enjoying the pleasures of tea rooms and chauffeurs, the very symbols of capitalist luxury. In 1911 the St. Louis Dispatch published a cartoon by a Bolshevik named Robert Minor. When Trotsky returned to Petrograd in May of 1917 to organize the Bolshevik phase of the Russian Revolution, he carried $10,000 for travel expenses, a generously ample fund considering the value of the dollar at that time.