In a shocking display of diplomatic bravado, Soviet Ambassador to the United States Alexander A. Troyanovsky defended the recent trials of alleged Trotskyists in Moscow, claiming they were ‘fair and just.’ Speaking to a Junior Chamber of Commerce meeting in Baltimore on February 26, 1937, the Ambassador dismissed criticisms of the trials, stating that the men would have been convicted of the same crimes in any other country.
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- State: National
- Category: Public Corruption
- Era: Historical
- Source: Library of Congress — Chronicling America ↗
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