"Most foreigners who were present at public trials in Moscow wonder why political leaders make such confessions that they are difficult for outsiders to believe. "The answer is very simple; whenever important people are arrested they invariably undergo cruel tortures in prisons until they agree to make statements just as the Soviet authorities wish them to do. "I think it is necessary to resolutely repudiate the policies of terrorism of Stalin; he makes no scruples about putting the maintenance of his own power above the interests of the state and the people.
"One of the impressions I have received of the Japanese is that, in spite of the hostilities going on, the living conditions of the people in general are. not different from those in usual times, and that in spite of the reports published in Soviet newspapers there is plenty of food and supplies in Japan, I am a traitor to Stalin but I never betrayed the cause of my compatriots and fatherland."
Gen. Lushkoy went on-to say that he first attempted to cross the Soviet border from Grodekov but found is extremely difficult so he changed his plan and fled from Posiet. He said he hesitated a long time before seeking refuge in Manchoukuo, He almost decided to abandon the plan at one time because he feared his relatives and friends might be killed or harmed.
Finally he became convinced that he must canny out his original plan in order' to "expose the terroristic dictatorship and deceptive. policies of Stalin and deliver the Soviet people out of untold suffering Domei.
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