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41 (18) Ibid, pp. 40, 41 (21) Ibid, p. , that Schmidt and Kuzmichev were recruited by Dreitzer in 1931 and 1932. Such contradictory testimonies appear to the State's Attorney of no sufficiient importance to inquire into, nor is he willing to resolve the contradiction here presented concerning the Trotskyists, whose entry into the plot is advanced from 1932 to 1931. Mrachkovsky, in his testimony, put the initiative upon Smirno'V, whom he accused of receiving instructions from Trotsky. The same desir~ to implicate the "non-confessor" Smirnov is demonstrated by the other "confessor" defendants.

112 (27) Ibid, p. 152 46 THE FIRST TWO MOSCOW< TRIALS Trotsky. Most baffling' is the' willingness of, Zinoviev 'to admit everything charged against him by the State's Attorney. , "VYSHINSKY: Against whom? (were the terrorist actS' directed) ZINOVIEV: Against 'the leaders. 8KY: That is, against Comrade Stalin, V<>roshilov, and' Kaganovich? Was it your center that. organized the asassassination of Comrade Kiro'V? Was the assassination of Sergei Mironovich Kirov org3Jnized by your center, or by some other organization?

1) The State's Attorney further confesses that all of the accused, with the exception of Smirnov, admitted their guilt but that ~mirnov acknowledged only his participation in the United Center, his personal connections with Trotsky and meeting Trotsky's son while abroad in 1931, a'nd that he maintained connections with Trotsky up to his, Smirnov's arrest in 1933. But Smirnov "'utegorically denied" that he took part in the terroristic activities of the Center. ) The State's Attorney show:s that there are no inhibitions, at least so far a5 the prosecution is concerned, in dealing with Old Bolsheviks.

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