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Posted by Iain on June 08, 2006 at 17:50:06 from 194.66.208.11 user Bulldozerman.

Who did Arthur Ransome work for during Russian Revolution: The Manchester Guardian, MI6, or the Bolsheviks? Files only add to confusion

David Pallister
Tuesday March 1, 2005
The Guardian


Arthur Ransome: Captain Flint or "Black Jake"?

The debate about the true political affiliations of the children's writer and journalist Arthur Ransome has been going on for nearly a century.

Was he, when reporting the Russian revolution and its aftermath - latterly for the Manchester Guardian - a committed Bolshevik or a romantic ingenu caught up by the momentous events?

Or was he a British agent getting valuable information from his Kremlin contacts?

Or, perhaps, a double agent?

Link to article at Guardian site inserted by Ian E-N instead of article to avoid possible copyright issues.


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