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To: Bill who wrote (717940)12/12/2005 3:57:09 PM
From: maceng2  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
The communist spies were well entrenched in both the UK and the USA by the end of WW2. Posts on the FADG thread revealed the many atomic materials that were shipped to the Soviet Union for example.

The point here is, was "McCarthyism" an acceptable political process in the USA? I very much doubt it.

spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk

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2) Dr. A. J. Werner, letter to Robert Fleming about the defeat and death of his father, Edgar Werner (4th October, 1951)

McCarthy not only drove my father to his grave but turned long-standing friends against our whole family. It was amazing how one man could wreck the reputation of another man so loved and honored in his community.


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Was he a commie? If I'm wrong, don't worry, I am sure I can find loads of others who were innocent.