• And by this letter Fischer effectively…
–Destroyed the credibility of the American ‘Conservative’ press’ allegations of any
Soviet famine in
the 1930s.
–Without ever mentioning Gareth’s name or even attacking his articles directly – Gareth’s
truthful observations
were tarnished by the same brush.
–[Gareth was ‘conveniently’ incommunicado when Fischer’s letter was published &
therefore unable to contribute to the controversy. Unbeknowingly, he had just departed Japan & coincidentally
from Gunther Stein’s
freely-given accommodation; who later allowed his Tokyo rooms to be used by
Soviet ‘Super’
spy, Richard Sorge, for covert radio transmissions to Moscow…]