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Zinoviev Letter
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The Zinoviev Letter and 1924 “Red Scare”: Was Churchill Involved?
11
Apr
2024
By THE CHURCHILL PROJECT
The effect of the Zinoviev Letter on the 1924 election was negligible, but Churchill’s political use of it was interesting. In campaigning for office, he took full advantage. Even if it were forged, he said, it was nothing new where Bolsheviks were concerned. Calling Labour Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald a “futile Kerensky,” he even published an article about it, criticizing MacDonald's reaction to the Letter but skirting the issue of genuineness.