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Special Report Transcript Episode 20, Section 4, Time 24:23Back in South Africa the Communist Party does not escape this period of factionalism. A fierce division develops within the Party. Those that believe that they should fight for a socialist revolution are up against those that believe the struggle should be for a so-called independent native republic. It is this factionalism and the resultant purges in the party that leads these three men to Moscow in 1935 for direction. Paul and Maurice Richter and Lazar Bach would never return. It is said that once in Moscow all three men became embroiled in the murky politics of Stalinist Russia. Notes: SACP march; Three SACP members appear in Russian newspaper References: there are no references for this transcript |