单词 | zinoviev letter |
释义 | Zinoviev lettern. A leaked letter published by the British Daily Mail on 25th October 1924 ostensibly from Grigori Zinoviev, president of the Communist International, urging the Communist Party of Great Britain to commit acts of treason.The letter is believed to be a forgery designed to weaken support for the first Labour government shortly before the general election. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > communism > [noun] > fear of communism > Zinoviev letter Zinoviev letter1924 1924 Daily Mail 27 Oct. 9/3 Rakovsky had sent a reply to the Foreign Office declaring that the Zinoviev letter was a forgery. 1979 Guardian 28 Apr. 32/8 Mr Benn told a Bristol audience that the Tories..were dragging out the old Zinoviev Letter technique. 1998 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 13 Feb. 6 Reports stated that the Zinoviev letter had been forged in Riga..by a White Russian..who was in touch with the British secret service. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1924 |
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