文档介绍：WALL STREET
AND THE
BOLSHEVIK
REVOLUTION
By
Antony C. Sutton
PREFACE
Since the early 1920s, numerous pamphlets and articles, even a few books, have
sought to forge a link between "international bankers" and "Bolshevik
revolutionaries." Rarely have these attempts been supported by hard evidence, and
never have such attempts been argued within the framework of a scientific
methodology. Indeed, some of the "evidence" used in these efforts has been
fraudulent, some has been irrelevant, much cannot be checked. Examination of the
topic by academic writers has been studiously avoided; probably because the
hypothesis offends the neat dichotomy of capitalists munists (and
everyone knows, of course, that these are bitter enemies). Moreover, because a great
deal that has been written borders on the absurd, a sound academic reputation could
easily be wrecked on the shoals of ridicule. Reason enough to avoid the topic.
Fortunately, the State Department Decimal File, particularly the section,
contains extensive documentation on the hypothesized link. When the evidence in
these official papers is merged with nonofficial evidence from biographies, personal
papers, and conventional histories, a truly fascinating story emerges.
We find there was a link between some New York international bankers and many
revolutionaries, including Bolsheviks. These banking gentlemen — who are here
identified — had a financial stake in, and were rooting for, the ess of the
Bolshevik Revolution.
Who, why — and for how much — is the story in this book.
Antony C. Sutton
March 1974
Chapter I
THE ACTORS ON THE REVOLUTIONARY STAGE
Dear Mr. President:
I am in sympathy with the Soviet form of government as that best suited for the
Russian people...
Letter to President Woodrow Wilson (October 17, 1918) from William Lawrence
Saunders, chairman, Ingersoll-Rand Corp.; director, American International Corp.;
and deputy cha