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Did the CIA Conclude That Stalin WASN'T a Dictator?
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You're right, I've been owned. I honestly find it pretty surprising that they believe he was an autocrat, not because of the note but because it's a silly idea that isn't true even of military dictators or kings.
Looking at the transcription that was helpfully written, I think our friend does overcorrect on a trivial point when looking at the text itself, because the text really does say that Stalin, while being very powerful, still was part of a larger body. The author does not say that he has "near-absolute" power like our friend says it does. I don't even understand why they make this argument when they already made a perfectly solid argument to discard this evidence as worthless, and it just makes their claim look weaker rhetorically.