In a shocking turn of events, a Moscow show trial exposed the tangled threads of a massive alleged conspiracy against the Soviet Union. The trial, which concluded in December 1930, implicated high-ranking British officials, including Winston Churchill, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Sir Henri Deterding, a prominent British businessman. The defendants, eight British citizens accused of counterrevolutionary activities, took to the stand, confessing to a vast international plot against the Soviet government.
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Key Facts
- State: National
- Category: Public Corruption
- Era: Historical
- Source: Library of Congress — Chronicling America ↗
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