It is a story of intrigue, espionage and double-dealing. Today, we have Barnes Carr, author of The Lenin Plot here to discuss his intriguing, fast-paced book and the historical plot by the allies to assassinate V.I. Lenin
2:15 - Barnes’ research in pre-internet days involving the London Times’ Bound Volumes
5:30 - US plot to install a military dictatorship in Russia to bring the country back into World War 1
6:30 - Money laundering plot by Britain & France to try to coup the Bolsheviks
7:19 - Plot with the Cossack Generals
8:20 - USA, Italy and Britain attempt to invade Russia.
9:00 - USA, Britain and French Diplomats plot of assassinate Lenin
11:00 - The Allies find a Mole
14:00 - The British Assassin goes to Russia
15:50 - Raymond Robbins tried to get back into the war: contacted Lenin
16:00 - Alleged German involvement with Bolsheviks
16:50 - Kerenski Documents were forgeries
20:00 - Mutiny by American forces
23:00 - Trotsky refuses to annihilate the British, French and US
25:00 - Lenin was shot by Allies in 1918
27:00 - How it failed
Part 2: Barnes’ Carrs Career moments in Journalism
28:00 - British tabloid journalism and its influence
31:00 - Death of investigative journalism
35:00 - Readership vs Circulation
38:00 - How Barnes Carr almost got assassinated by the KKK
40:00 - The Boston Strangler
43:00 - Barnes Carr covering MLK’s assassination
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The Allies Plot to Kill Lenin with Barnes Carr