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Zhertvami e^toj bandy chelovekoobraznyx zverej pali tovarischi A. A. Zhdanov^p1 i A. S. Shcherbakov^p2. Prestupniki priznalis', chto oni, vospol'zovavshis' bolezn'yu tovarishcha Zhdanova, umyshlenno skryli imevshijsya u nego infarkt miokarda, naznachili protivopokazannyj e^tomu tyazhelomu zabolevaniyu rezhim i tem samym umertveli tovarishcha Zhdanova. Vrachi-ubijcy nepravel'nym primeneniem sil'nodejstvuyushchix lekarstvennyx sredstv i ustanovleniem pagubnogo rezhima sokratili zhizn' tovarishcha Shcherbakova, doveli ego do smerti.

V pervuyu ochered' prestupniki staralis' podobrat' zdorov'e rukovodyashchix sovetskix voennyx kadrov, vyvesti ix iz stroya i tem samym oslabit' oboronu strany.¹ Arest prestupnikov rasstroil ix zlodejskie plany, pomeshal im dobit'sya svoej chudovishchnoj celi.

Komu zhe sluzhili e^ti izvergi? Kto napravlyal prestupnuyu terroristicheskuyu i vreditel'skuyu deyatel'nost' e^tix podlyx izmennikov Rodiny? Kakoj celi xoteli oni dobit'sya v rezul'tate ubijstv aktivnyx deyatelej Sovetskogo gosudarstva?

Ustanovleno, chto vse uchastniki terroristicheskoj gruppy vrachej sostoyali na sluzhbe u inostrannyx razvvedok, prodali im dushu i telo, yavlyalis' ix naemnymi, platnymi agentami.

Bol'shinstvo uchastnikov terroristicheskoj gruppy -- Vovsi^p3, B. Kogan^p4, Fel'dman^p5, Grinshtejn^p6, E^tinger^p7 i drugie -- byli kupleny amerikanskoj razvedkoj. Oni byli zaverbovany filialom amerikanskoj razvedki -- mezhdunarodnoj evrejskoj burzhuazno-nacionalisticheskoj organizaciej «Dzhojnt»². Gryaznoe lico e^toj shpionskoj sionistskoj organizacii, prikryvayushchej svoyu podluyu deyatel'nost' pod maskoj blagtvoritel'nosti, polnost'yu razoblacheno.

Opirayas' na gruppu rastlennyx evrejskix burzhuaznyx nacionalistov, professional'nye shpiony i terroristy iz «Dzhojnt», po zadaniyu i pod rukovodstvom amerikanskoj razvedki, razvernuli svoyu podryvnuyu deyatel'nost' i na territorii Sovetskogo Soyuza. Kak pokazal na sledstvii arestovannyj Vovsi, on poluchil direktivu «ob istreblenii rukovodyashchix kadrov SSSR» iz SShA. E^tu direktivu emu peredali ot imeni shpionsko-terroristicheskoj organizacii «Dzhojnt» vrach Shimeliovich^p8 i izvestnyj evrejskij burzhuaznyj nacionalist Mixoe^ls^p9.

Razoblachenie shajki vrachej-otravitelej yavlyaetsya udarom po mezhdunarodnoj evrejskoj sionistskoj organizacii. Teper' vse mogut videt', kakie «blagotvoriteli» i «druz'ya mira» skryvayutsya pod vyveskoj «Dzhojnt».

Drugie uchastniki terroristicheskoj gruppy (Vinogradov^p10, M. Kogan^p11, Egorov^p12) yavlyayutsya, kak sejchas ustanovleno, starymi agentami anglijskoj razvedki, sluzhat ej s davnix por, vypolnyaya ee samye prestupnye i gryaznye zadaniya.

Vorotily SShA i ix anglijskie mladshie partnery znayut, chto dostich' gospodstva nad drugimi naciyami mirnym putem nevozmozhno. Lixoradochno gotovyas' k novoj mirovoj vojne, oni usilenno zasylayut v tyl SSSR i stran narodnoj demokratii svoix lazutchikov, pytayutsya osushchestvit' to, chto sorvalos' u gitlerovcev -- sozdat' v SSSR svoyu podryvnuyu «pyatuyu kolonnu». Dostatochno napomnit' ob otkrytom i cinichnom assignovanii amerikanskim prvitel'stvom sta millionov dollarov na podryvnuyu terroristicheskuyu i shpionskuyu deyatel'nost' v stranax socialisticheskogo lagerya, ne govorya uzhe o tom, chto na e^tu cel' tajnym putem rasxoduyutsya sotni millionov dollarov, amerikanskix i anglijskix.

Sovetskie lyudi ni na minutu ne dolzhny zabyvat' o neobxodimosti vsemerno povyshat' svoyu bditel'nost', zorko sledit' za vsemi proiskami podzhigatelej vojny i ix agentov, neustanno ukreplyat' Vooruzhennye Sily i organy razvedka nashego gosudarstva.

Tovarishch Stalin neodnokratno preduprezhdal o tom, chto nashi uspexi imeyut svoyu tenevuyu storonu³, chto oni porozhdayut u mnogix nashix rabotnikov nastroeniya blagodushiya i samouspokoennosti. Takogo roda nastroeniya daleko eshche ne preodoleny. Rotozeev u nas eshche ne malo. Imenno e^to rotozejstvo nashix lyudej i sostavlyaet pitatel'nuyu pochvu dlya zlodejskogo vreditel'stva.

V SSSR bezrazdel'no gospodstvuyut socialisticheskie otnosheniya. Sovetskij narod oderzhal besprimernuyu v istorii pobedu v Velikoj Otechestvennoj vojne. V nevidanno korotkij srok likvidirovany tyazhelye posledstviya vojny. Na vsex uchastkax xozyajstvennogo i kul'turnogo stroitel'stva my imeem uspexi. Iz e^tix faktov nekotorye lyudi delayut vyvod, chto teper' uzhe snyata opasnost' vreditel'stva, diversij, shpionazha, chto zapravily kapitalisticheskogo mira mogut otkazat'sya ot svoix popytok vesti podryvnuyu deyatel'nost' protiv SSSR.

No tak dumat' i rassuzhdat' mogut tol'ko pravye opportunisty, lyudi, stoyashchie na antimarksistskoj tochke zreniya «zatuxaniya» klassovoj bor'by. Oni ne ponimayut ili ne mogut ponyat', chto nashi uspexi vedut ne k «zatuxaniyu» a k obostreniyu bor'by, chto chem uspeshnee budet nashe prodvizhenie vpered, tem ostree budet bor'ba vragov naroda, obrechennyx na gibel', dovedennyx do otchayaniya.

Tak uchit bessmertnyj Lenin, tak uchit tovarishch Stalin.

«Na nashej revolyucii, -- ukazyvaet Lenin, -- bol'she, chem na vsyakoj drugoj, podtverdilsya zakon, chto sila revolyucii, sila natiska, e^nergiya, reshimost' i torzhestvo ee pobedy usilivayut vmeste s tem silu soprotivleniya so storony burzhuazii».

Razoblachaya opportunisticheskuyu teoriyu o «zatuxanii» klassovoj bor'by po mere nashix uspexov, tovarishch Stalin preduprezhdal:

«E^to -- ne tol'ko gnilaya teoriya, no i opasnaya teoriya, ibo ona usyplyaet nashix lyudej, zavodit ix v kapkan, a klassovomu vragu daet vozmozhnost' opravit'sya dlya bor'by s sovetskoj vlast'yu».⁴

V SSSR e^kspluatatorskie klassy davno razbity i likvidirovany, no eshche soxranilis' perezhitki burzhuaznoj ideologii, perezhitki chastnosobstvennicheskoj psixologii i morali, -- soxranilis' nositeli burzhuaznyx vzglyadov i burzhuaznoj morali -- zhivye lyudi, skrytye vragi nashego naroda. Imenno e^ti skrytye vragi, podderzhivaemye imperialisticheskim mirom, budut vredit' i vpred'.

Vse e^to obyazyvaet sovetskix lyudej vsemerno usilivat' revolyucionnuyu bditelnost: zorko sledit' za proiskami vraga. Tot fakt, chto gruppa prezrennyx vyrodkov iz «lyudej nauki» v techenie nekotorogo vremeni mogla beznakazanno orudovat', pokazyvaet, chto nekotorye nashi sovetskie organy i ix rukovoditeli poteryali bditel'nost', zarazilis' rotozejstvom.

Organy gosudarstvennoj bezopasnosti ne vskryli vo-vremya vreditel'skoj, terroristicheskoj organizacii sredi vrachej. Mezhdu tem e^ti organy dolzhny byli byt' osobenno bditel'nymi, tak kak istoriya uzhe znaet primery⁵, kogda pod maskoj vrachej dejstvovali podlye ubijcy i izmenniki Rodiny, vrode «vrachej» Levina^p13, Pletneva^p14, kotorye po zadaniyu vragov Sovetskogo Soyuza umertvili putem umyshlenno nepravil'nogo lecheniya velikogo russkogo pisatelya A. M. Gor'kogo^p15, vydayushchixsya deyatelej Sovetskogo gosudarstva V. V. Kujbysheva^p16 i V. R. Menzhinskogo^p17.

Ne na vysote okazalis' i rukovoditeli Ministerstva zdravooxraneniya SSSR. Oni proglyadeli vreditl'skuyu terroristicheskuyu deyatel'nost' gnusnyx vyrodkov, prodavshixsya vragam Sovetskogo Soyuza.

Razoblachenie shajki vrachej-otravitelej yavlyaetsya sokrushitel'nym udarom po amerikano-anglijskim podzhigatelyam vojny. Pojmana i obezvrezhena ix agentura. Pered vsem mirom vnov' predstalo istinnoe lico rabovladel'cev-lyudoedov iz SShA i Anglii.

Sovetskij narod s gnevom i vozmushcheniem klejmit prestupnuyu bandu ubijc i ix inostrannyx xozyaev. Prezrennyx najmitov, podavshixsya za dollary i sterlingi, on razdavit, kak omerzitelnuyu gadinu. Chto kasaetsya vdoxnovitelej e^tix najmitov-ubijc, to oni mogut byt' uvereny, chto vozmezdie ne zabudet o nix i najdet dorogu k nim, chtoby skazat' im svoe veskoe slovo.

Vse e^to verno, konechno. No verno i to, chto, krome e^tix vragov, est' eshche u nas odin vrag -- rotozejstvo nashix lyudej. Mozhno ne somnevat'sya, chto poka est' u nas rotozejstvo, -- budet i vreditel'stvo. Sledovatel'no, chtoby likvidirovat' vreditel'stvo, nuzhno pokonchit' s rotozejstvom v nashix ryadax.

Footnotes

People (numbers follow "p")
Editorial policy on "people"s footnotes:
For doctors, I tried to scrape up what information I could from Vaksberg, Rapoport, and Conquest. All of the doctors mentioned here had been among the best in their profession, and some were responsible for treating national leaders. For other, better-known people (eg Gorky, Zhdanov), I figured a one-line footnote was enough to make clear who was being talked about.

Note p1 -- Zhdanov, Andrej Aleksandrovich (1896-1948)
Member of Poliburo, 1939-1948
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Note p2 -- Shcherbakov, Aleksandr Sergeevich (1901-1945)
Candidate Member of Poliburo, 1941-1945
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Note p3 -- Vovsi, Miron
Doctor who had treated leaders at Kremlin Hospital ; had a clinic at Botkin Hospital
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Note p4 -- Kogan, Boris
Doctor who had treated leaders at Kremlin Hospital
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Note p5 -- Fel'dman, A.I.
Doctor
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Note p6 -- Grinshtejn (Grinstein), Alexander
Doctor (neuropathologist)
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Note p7 -- E^tinger (Etinger), Yakov
Doctor (headed a clinic at First Gradskaya Hospital)
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Note p8 -- Shimeliovich, (may be Shchimeliovich) Boris
Doctor (chief physician at Botkin Hospital). Executed 12 Aug 1952 during repression of Jewish Antifascist Committee (JAC)⁶
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Note p9 -- Mixoe^ls, (Mikhoels) Solomon Mixajlovich (1890-1948)
Internationally respected actor and director, notably in classical Jewish plays. During WW II, was chairman of Jewish Antifascist Committee (JAC)⁶. Killed by NKVD in staged auto accident. Given an honorable state funeral; this news release was one of the first public indications of disfavor.
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Note p10 -- Vinogradov, Vladimir
Comrade Stalin's personal physician.
In 1952, VV diagnosed Comrade Stalin to be at risk of a stroke [he eventually turned out to be correct], and was foolhardy enough to recommend "Complete rest, freedom from all work." Comrade Stalin, seeing a conspiracy to remove Him from power, furiously demanded Vinogradov's arrest: "Leg irons! Put him in leg irons!" [A. Vaksberg, p. 242].
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Note p11 -- Kogan Mixail Borisovich (1901?-1952?)
Doctor, brother of Boris Kogan. According to some accounts he was arrested and died under interrogation in 1952 , but Ya. Rapoport says he had died naturally (of cancer) several years earlier.
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Note p12 -- Egorov, Mixail
Doctor
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Note p13 -- Levin, L. (1870?-1938?-
Distinguished doctor. According to 1938 Bukharin show trial, was recruited by NKVD chief Yagoda (a traitor working for Opposition) as poisoner.
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Note p14 -- Pletnëv, D. (1872?-1939??)
Distinguished doctor. According to 1938 Bukharin show trial, was recruited by NKVD chief Yagoda (a traitor working for Opposition) as poisoner.
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Note p15 -- Gor'kij, Maksim (given name: Peshkov, Aleksej Maksimovich) (1868-1936)
World-renowned author, playwright, and social activist.
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Note p16 -- Kujbyshev (Kuibyshev), Valerian Vladimirovich (1888-1935)
Member of Central Committee since 1922. An independent and popular Stalinist, he may have died just in time to avoid accusations of Trotskyism.
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Note p17 -- Menzhinskij, Vyacheslav Rudol'fovich (1874-1934)
Head of OGPU (secret police) 1926-1934.
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Misc. Notes

Note 1 -- Medical malpractice against military leaders
Writer Boris Andreyevich Pil'nyak (1894-1937) had written a fictional piece "Tale of the Unextinguished Moon" ("Povest' Nepogashennoj Luny"), widely understood as a "roman a clef" accusing Comrade Stalin of arranging military hero Mikhail Vasil'evich Frunze's death (1925) under a controversial medical operation. In 1937, the supreme measure of social defense was imposed on Pil'nyak, convicted of spying for Japan. The idea of medical skulduggery, however, continued to have resonance even among those who rejected Pil'nyak's outrageous slander.
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Note 2 --«Dzhojnt»
This is deliberately vague, though its alien English-language sound would frighten less-educated Russian-language readers. It presumably would remind some of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), a leading philanthropic organization of American Jews for overseas aid, but why wasn't it spelled out?
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Note 3 -- "Tenevye Storony"
Comrade Stalin discussed this theme at length in Part 4 of
O Nedostatkax Partijnoj Raboty i Merax Likvidacii Trockistkix i Inyx Dvurushnikov [Doklad i Zaklyuchitel'noe Slovo na Plenume CK VKP(b), 3-5 Marta 1937 Goda].
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Note 4 -- Quote is from
I.V. Stalin, O Nedostatkax Partijnoj Raboty i Merax Likvidacii Trockistkix i Inyx Dvurushnikov [Doklad i Zaklyuchitel'noe Slovo na Plenume CK VKP(b), 3-5 Marta 1937 Goda].
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Note 5 -- istoriya uzhe znaet primery
Levin and Pletnev were among the defendants in the 1938 Bukharin show trial. For the official Soviet version, see
Report of the Court Proceedings in the Case of the Anti-Soviet "Bloc of Rights and Trotskyites", Moscow, 1938.
For a counterrevolutionary version, see
Robert Conquest, The Great Terror: A Reassessment, Oxford University Press, New York and London, 1990; pp. 375-390.
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Note 6 -- Jewish Antifascist Committee (JAC)
In August 1941, Comrade Stalin tentatively authorized a "Jewish Anti-Hitler Committee" to mobilize international Jewish aid for the Soviet war effort against Nazi Germany. It finally emerged in April 1942 as the "Jewish Antifascist Committee," of Soviet Jews only, under close government control. With the end of the war (1945), however, Soviet Jewish celebrities were no longer needed to extract money from wealthy American donors, and Comrade Stalin came to distrust JAC's foreign connections, especially after Israel's independence in 1948. Comrade Stalin's first prominent JAC victim was Mikhoels (too internationally prominent to be condemned publicly). JAC itself was disbanded in Nov 1948, while Jews were quietly being fired as "rootless cosmopolitans" from responsible jobs. Many former JAC members were arrested and tortured, in preparation for a show trial that was aborted by Comrade Stalin's death.
"The USSR is one of the few states in the world where a display of national hatred is persecuted by law. There has never been nor can there be a case of someone in the USSR becoming an object of persecution because of his national origins."
--Comrade Stalin, in an answer to an American named Barnes, 20 March 1933. [printed in last volume of "Collected Works"]
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Some sources used for footnotes

Yakov Rapoport, The Doctors' Plot of 1953 (translated by N.A. Perova and R.S. Bobrova), Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA, 1991.
Dr. Rapoport had been arrested as one of the "killer doctors" on 3 Feb 1953. His book is partly a personal account, but mostly a broader study.

Arkady Vaksberg, Stalin Against the Jews (translated by Antonina W. Bouis), Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1994.
Book covers Stalin's entire career. Final chapters cover the murder of Solomon Mikhoels (ch. 8), the destruction of the JAC (ch. 9), and the Doctors' Plot (ch. 10).
Mr. Vaksberg has written other counterrevolutionary accounts of the Stalin years, eg a biography of "Stalin's Prosecutor," Andrei Ya. Vyshinsky.

(for info about "killer-doctors" Levin and Pletnev in 1938 Bukharin trial only)
Robert R. Conquest, The Great Terror: A Reassessment, Oxford University Press, New York and Oxford, 1990.

Dzhin Bronskaya i Vladimir Chuguev, Kto Est' Kto v Rossii i Byvshem SSSR, Terra, Moskva, 1994.