Michael Pugliese
John Dunlop (recently deceased, book reviewer for The Nation during the 40's and 50's) confirms the observations of the first historians of the Chechen-Ingush deportations that there were no more than a hundred recorded instances of " aiding and abetting" the enemy. Even the NKVD reports from the period stated that no more than 335 "bandits" were in the Republic. fn. 48, citing Dunlop, "Russia Confronts Chechnya, " and Robert Conquest, " Nation Killers."
--- Yes, this makes a whole lot of sense. Stalin takes a time out in the middle of the most vicious war the world has ever seen to reallocate resources and manpower to deport a couple of hundred thousand people for no other reason than shits and giggles. Using the assistance of people living in the Caucasus was part of the German strategy to divide the Soviet Union. I have seen the German military cables.
Robert Conquest. What an unbiased source.
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