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==Nazi-Soviet Pact==

==Nazi-Soviet Pact==

The [[Nazi-Soviet Pact]] of 1939 presented the most troubling dilemma for American Communists.  It came on the heels of the bloody anti-[[Trotsky]]ite [[Great Purges]] in which many [[CPUSA]] members quit the party with apprehension and fear over what the Party had become.  Those who remained during the purges were, for the most part, dedicated anti-fascists.  However, with the coming of the Communazi era wherein German Chancellor [[Adolf Hitler]] became an ally of the [[Soviet Union]] against French and British Imperialism, only the most ardent [[Stalinist]]s continued in the party who were willing to overlook, and justify, Stalin's murderous excesses. Among them were Frank Marshall Davis, who joined the group ''American Peace Mobilization''.<ref>[http://www.realclearreligion.org/articles/2012/07/25/a_group_of_communist_clergymen.html A Group of Communist Clergymen]</ref>

The [[Nazi-Soviet Pact]] of 1939 presented the most troubling dilemma for American Communists.  It came on the heels of the bloody anti-[[Trotsky]]ite [[Great Purges]] in which many [[CPUSA]] members quit the party with apprehension and fear over what the Party had become.  Those who remained during the purges were, for the most part, dedicated anti-fascists.  However, with the coming of the Communazi era wherein German Chancellor [[Adolf Hitler]] became an ally of the [[Soviet Union]] against French and British Imperialism, only the most ardent [[Stalinist]]s continued in the party who were willing to overlook, and justify, Stalin's murderous excesses. Among them were Frank Marshall Davis, who joined the group ''American Peace Mobilization''.<ref>[http://www.realclearreligion.org/articles/2012/07/25/a_group_of_communist_clergymen.html A Group of Communist Clergymen]</ref>  According to the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]], APM was "one of the most notorious and blatantly communist fronts ever organized in this country".<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=kVxbAAAAcAAJ&q=%22one+of+the+most+notorious+and+blatantly+communist+fronts+ever+organized+in+this+country%22&dq=%22one+of+the+most+notorious+and+blatantly+communist+fronts+ever+organized+in+this+country%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjX1tbG8qbPAhVCHR4KHahWAnoQ6AEIMTAE Second Report, Un-American Activities in Washington State, 1948]</ref>

Soviet instructions called for unflinching opposition to the U.S. defense effort.<ref>''The Soviet World of American Communism'', by Harvey Klehr, John Earl Haynes, and Kyrill M. Anderson, (Yale University Press, 1998, [http://books.google.com/books?id=nHKvFVnBLGYC&pg=PA181&lpg=PA181&dq=klehr%2Bsoviet+funding&source=bl&ots=vwZxZAZbm0&sig=kGX_ooUN8vu70R-rVyuNSKJoQOs&hl=en&ei=9bONSq0witg2oKLIrwo&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#v=onepage&q=Document%2017%20&f=false Document 17, pp. 85, 88-91.] ISBN 0-300-07150-7;</ref>  Davis became an articulate opponent of [[President Franklin Roosevelt]]'s policy of [[Lend Lease]] aid to Great Britain.  Speaking to an audience of the [[communist front]] [[National Negro Congress]] in 1940, Davis said,  

Soviet instructions called for unflinching opposition to the U.S. defense effort.<ref>''The Soviet World of American Communism'', by Harvey Klehr, John Earl Haynes, and Kyrill M. Anderson, (Yale University Press, 1998, [http://books.google.com/books?id=nHKvFVnBLGYC&pg=PA181&lpg=PA181&dq=klehr%2Bsoviet+funding&source=bl&ots=vwZxZAZbm0&sig=kGX_ooUN8vu70R-rVyuNSKJoQOs&hl=en&ei=9bONSq0witg2oKLIrwo&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#v=onepage&q=Document%2017%20&f=false Document 17, pp. 85, 88-91.] ISBN 0-300-07150-7;</ref>  Davis became an articulate opponent of [[President Franklin Roosevelt]]'s policy of [[Lend Lease]] aid to Great Britain.  Speaking to an audience of the [[communist front]] [[National Negro Congress]] in 1940, Davis said,