“Trotzky is a Jew. His real name is Leon Bronstein.”10
Testimony of Mr. William Chapin Huntington
Mr. Huntington was Commercial Attaché of the United States Embassy at Petrograd from June, 1916, until September, 1918. He was in Petrograd at the outbreak of the Bolshevist coup d’état in November, 1917, and remained there until February, 1918, when he was sent on a mission to Siberia by Ambassador Francis. When he returned to Russia he remained in Moscow from May, 1918, until August 26, 1918. He states on page 47:
“The Bolsheviks are internationalists, and they were not interested in the particular national ideals of Russia.”
On page 69 he testified:
“The leaders of the movement, I should say, are about two-thirds Russian Jews and perhaps one-sixth or more of some of the other nationalities, like the Letts, or the Armenians.”
Testimony of Mr. William W. Welsh
Mr. Welsh was employed by the National City Bank and was in Russia from October, 1916, until September, 1918. He states on page 269:
“In Russia it is well known that three-fourths of the Bolshevik leaders are Jewish.”
In regard to the men who went to Russia from the East Side of New York, at the outbreak of the revolution, he stated:
“There were some—not many, but there were some—real Russians; and what I mean by real Russians is Russian-born, and not Russian Jews.”