Wall St. and the Bolshevik Revolution
by Antony C. Sutton from reformation.org
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
versus Communists (and everyone knows, of course, that these are bitter
enemies). Moreover, because a great deal that has been written
Fortunately, the State Department Decimal File, particularly the 861.00 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 success of the Bolshevik Revolution.
Who, why — and for how much — is the story in this book.
Antony C. Sutton
March 1974
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