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==NPOV==
 
==NPOV==
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This article does more to approach WP's standards of NPOV than WP could even be expected of.  The section on his personal life counterbalances the section on his social work, where we are led to believe he was a selfless humanitarion, etc., repeated again in thousands and thousands of articles on his leadership of WPA, whereas we know he was driven by a lust for power.
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This article does more to approach WP's standards of NPOV than WP could even be expected of.  The section on his personal life counterbalances the section on his social work, were we are led to beleive he was a selfless humanitataruion, etc., repeated again in thousands and thousandso of articles on his leadership of WPA, whereas we know is was driven by a lust for power.
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So, the sole remaining issue in this man's life, was he a [[traitor]] or not?  The Trident conference was a summit of the head of government of Great Britain and its Commonwealth allies, Winston Churchill, accompanied by his chief aid, Lord Beaverbrook, and the U.S. head of government, Franklin Roosevelt, accompanied by his chief aid, Harry Hopkins. Because of the nature of the discussions, a Soviet and Comintern representative was ''not'' invited.  Yet the substance of the discussions is found in KGB hands.
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So, the sole remaining issue in this man's life, was he a [[traitor]] or not?  The Trident conference was a summit of the head of government of Great Britain and its Commonwealth allies, Winston Churchill, accompanied by his chief aid, Lord Beaverbrook, and the U.S. head of government Franklin Roosevelt accompanied by his chief aid, Harry Hopkins. Because of the nature of the discussions, a Soviet and Comintern representative ''was not'' invited.  Yet the substance of the discussions is found in KGB hands.
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So, one member of that group is guilty of violating the trust of several others.  Was it Churchill? Beaverbrook? FDR? or Hopkins?  As is the president's perogative, Hopkins could have been used as a diplomatic backchannel to the Kremlin.  In that plausible scenario the onus is then placed on FDR for betraying the trust and confidence Churchill put in him, not knowing his private comments would end up on Stalin's desk.  Whatever the case, either FDR, or Hopkins credibility is severely damaged by this decrypt.  [[User:RobSmith|Rob Smith]] 16:39, 5 September 2009 (EDT)
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So, one member of that group is guilty of violating the trust of the several others.  Was it Churchill? Beaverbrook? FDR? or Hopkins?  As is the president's perogative, Hopkins could have been used as a backchannel diplomatic channel to the Kremlin.  In that plausible scenario the onus is then placed on FDR for betraying the trust and confidence Churchill put in him, not knowing his private comments would end up on Stalin's desk.  Whatever the case, either FDR, or Hopkins credibility is severely damaged by this decrypt.  [[User:RobSmith|Rob Smith]] 16:39, 5 September 2009 (EDT)
 
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::traitor? nope. Backchannel?  no. Everyone knew at he time he had been apponted as the #1 go-between from FDR to Stalin and Churchill.  His job was hundreds of conversations with top Reds covering top secret war strategy. He met hundreweds of times with Soviet generals, ministers, diplomats, Molotov, Stalin, etc etc.  The goal was to coordinate the war against Germany and strngthen the Soviet army so it could kill more Germans. Now the Soviets typically gave briefings to the secret police on their contacts with Americans, including HH. So his name should turn up many times in the Soviet records.  No one has ever found ANY unauthorized release of information--what secret did he give away? None. [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 16:53, 5 September 2009 (EDT)
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