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Roosevelt had his Moscow ambassador write a book that totally lied about Stalin and the Bolsheviks.
Mission to Moscow: Hollywood goes Stalinist
Mission to Moscow (the 1941 book by former U.S. Ambassador Joseph E. Davies and the 1943 Warner Bros. film adaptation) was commissioned and shaped as wartime propaganda to rally American support for the Soviet Union, but it fundamentally whitewashed Joseph Stalin’s brutal dictatorship and falsified historical realities.
What Was Wrong With the Book and Film
Whitewashing the Purges: Both projects legitimized Stalin’s 1930s Moscow Show Trials, falsely presenting the brutal execution of Stalin's political rivals as a necessary and just cleanup.
Trotsky: The film went even further than the book by turning Leon Trotsky—Stalin's exiled rival—into an active pawn of Hitler and Japanese militarism, completely inverting historical facts.
Idealizing Dictatorship: Davies portrayed Stalin as a "simple, human, and grand" man of the people, masking the massive state repression, forced famines, and the Gulag system.
Falsifying History: Intellectuals like John Dewey immediately condemned the work for inventing and distorting facts to serve totalitarian messaging. During the Cold War, the film became an extreme embarrassment, leading studio executives to disown it.
The Role of Franklin D. Roosevelt
President Franklin D. Roosevelt did encourage the project. FDR needed the Soviet Red Army to absorb the brunt of the German military machine. Concerned that deep-seated American anti-communism and hostility toward Stalin would fracture the wartime alliance, the White House and war information agencies actively promoted a sympathetic, uncritical view of the Soviet leadership to maintain domestic unity.
Video: Roosevelt’s Partnership with Stalin
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