TRIBUTE LACKING
BIRTHDAY OF STALIN LENINGRAD LEADER ONLY NOTED ABSENTEE MAY BE COINCIDENCE (Eloc, Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Dec. 23, 12.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, Oct. 22. The Moscow correspondent of the New York Times says that the only prominent Soviet personality—and he is one of the most prominent and often mentioned as M. Stalin’s own choice as his successor—whose tribute on the occasion of'M. Stalin’s birthday was conspicuous by its absence, is M. Andrey Zhdanoff, the leader of the Leningrad area, avowedly a leading anti-Finland spirit, who is believed to have succeeded, despite considerable opposition, the political bureau which advocated M. Stalin's usual waiting tactics and cautious methods. M. Zhdanoff is also considered to be a leading anti-British spirit. The Finnish campaign thus far has not brought military glory to Russia, while the haste in proclaiming the Finnish “People’s Government” is calculated to force the Soviet to attempt at the complete military subjugation of Finland and has made acceptance of a reasonable compromise a task which only a great statesman could accomplish.
The omission of M. Zhdanoff’s tribute to M. Stalin may be a coincidence, but in view of the above circumstances it is most interesting.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20128, 23 December 1939, Page 6
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