The Soviet Union, Part 2 of 2
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Stalin's Dscha
Stalin is convinced that everybody is plotting against him, and he therefore plots against most of his bullet bureau starting with Molotov. In 1953, this program of anti-Semitism reaches its nadir when dozens of mostly Jewish doctors are charged with plotting to assassinate Soviet leaders. Stalin probably was looking to get rid of most of the bullet bureau. This is the same time as the anti-Semitic campaign, which is very much Stalin's initiative, not that of the rest of the bullet Bureau. And I think his plan was to tie them with the Jewish connected, to use that as the way of getting him.
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