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Though Robeson would continue to praise the USSR throughout his life, he would neither publicly denounce nor praise Stalin personally after [[Nikita Khrushchev]]'s 1956 [[On the Personality Cult and its Consequences|Secret Speech]] exposing Stalin's "mistakes."<ref name=dubermanpages>Duberman, Martin. ''Paul Robeson'', 1989, pgs 301, 318, 440.</ref>
Though Robeson would continue to praise the USSR throughout his life, he would neither publicly denounce nor praise Stalin personally after [[Nikita Khrushchev]]'s 1956 [[On the Personality Cult and its Consequences|Secret Speech]] exposing Stalin's "mistakes."<ref name=dubermanpages>Duberman, Martin. ''Paul Robeson'', 1989, pgs 301, 318, 440.</ref>
===Rumors of disillusionment with communism===
===Unapologetic Stalinist===
During the early days of his retirement and even after his death, rumors about his health and its connections to his supposed disillusionment with the USSR continued to persist. There were even claims that he was living in self imposed exile in the Soviet Union with ''[[The New York Times]]'' calling him "The disillusioned native son."<ref>Duberman, Martin. ''Paul Robeson'', 1989, Attempted Renewal.</ref>
During the early days of his retirement and even after his death, rumors about his health and its connections to his supposed disillusionment with the USSR continued to persist. There were even claims that he was living in self imposed exile in the Soviet Union with ''[[The New York Times]]'' calling him "The disillusioned native son."<ref>Duberman, Martin. ''Paul Robeson'', 1989, Attempted Renewal.</ref>