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Secret support or admiration for communism
Crypto-communism (or
cryptocommunism ) is a secret support for, or admiration of,
communism . Individuals and groups have been labelled as crypto-communists, often as a result of being associated with, or influenced by communists.
[1] Crypto-communism among political leaders aided the
sovietization of the Baltic states .
[2]
Historical use of the term
In 1947,
Winston Churchill described a crypto-communist as, "one who has not the moral courage to explain the destination for which he is making".
[3] In 1949, shortly before his death,
George Orwell compiled a
list for the
Information Research Department of the British
Foreign Office of thirty-eight journalists and writers who in his opinion were crypto-communists or
fellow travellers .
[4]
[5]
[6]
In 1960,
Bruce Hutchison described what he viewed as a crypto-communist threat from the left wing of the
Liberal Democratic Party of Japan under
Nobusuke Kishi .
[7] In
West Germany , some accused the
Social Democratic Party under the leadership of
Willy Brandt of being a crypto-communist front.
[8]
The Black Book of Communism referred to some individuals as crypto-communist, namely
Damyan Velchev and
Ludvík Svoboda .
[9]
See also
References
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The Palgrave Handbook of Anti-Communist Persecutions .
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ISBN
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^ Shtromas, Alexander (2003).
Totalitarianism and the Prospects for World Order, Closing the Door on the Twentieth Century .
Lexington Books . pp. 257–258.
ISBN
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^
"Crypto-Communist Charges By Mr. Churchill" .
The Sydney Morning Herald . 19 April 1947. p. 3. Retrieved 28 November 2021 .
^
Garton Ash, Timothy (25 September 2003).
"Orwell's List" .
The New York Review of Books . Archived from
the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2021 .
^ Celia Kirwan (21 June 2003).
"Blair's babe, Did love turn Orwell into a government stooge?" .
The Guardian . Retrieved 28 November 2021 .
^ Defty, Andrew (2004-03-01).
Britain, America and Anti-Communist Propaganda 1945-53: The Information Research Department . Routledge. p. 3.
ISBN
978-1-135-76014-4 .
^ Hutchinson, Bruce (27 February 1960).
"Can we keep the Japanese on our side?" .
Maclean's . Retrieved 3 September 2022 .
^ Times, Craig R. Whitney; Special to The New York (1974-03-10).
"A Postage Stamp Raises West German Tempers" . The New York Times .
ISSN
0362-4331 . Retrieved 2022-09-03 . {{
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^ Albert, G. Peter; Courtois, Stéphane; Werth, Nicolas; Paczkowski, Andrzej; Panne, Jean-Louis; Bartosek, Karel; Margolin, Jean-Louis (1999).
The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression . Harvard University Press. p. 398.
ISBN
978-0-674-07608-2 .