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Jiang cites Richard Spence for the argument that Wall Street financed the Bolsheviks to destroy Russia's economy and extract its wealth and resources.
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Richard Spence
Jiang cites Richard Spence for the argument that Wall Street financed the Bolsheviks to destroy Russia's economy and extract its wealth and resources.
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Richard Spence's account is used to argue Wall Street had pro-Bolshevik pitchmen who publicly described Bolshevik Russia as a democratic and excellent business environment.
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"...from a book called Wall Street and the Russian Revolution by Richard Spence. And Richard Spence is a historian and he had lots of..."
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"Destroy the Russian economy because Russia's a threat, okay? And then it wants to steal the riches and the resources from the Russians, okay?..."
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"...Russian Revolution. It's started by a man by the name of Richard Spence. He spent a lot of time collecting documents that show that,..."
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"The pro -Bolsheviks... The Bolshevik faction on Wall Street had a most outspoken pitchman in the aforementioned William Boyce Thompson. Departing Petrograde, he arrived..."
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"He pooh -poohed reports that there was anarchy. Okay. There was anarchy in Russia and said that the Russian people were trying to adopt..."
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