Wall Street and the Bolshevik Revolution

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Why did the 1917 American Red Cross Mission to Russia include more financiers than medical doctors? Members appeared more focused on negotiating contracts with the Kerensky government and later the Bolshevik regime than on aiding war victims. In a bold investigation, Antony Sutton uncovers historical connections between US capitalists and Russian communists. Utilizing State Department files, personal papers of key Wall Street figures, and conventional histories, Sutton reveals the role of Morgan banking executives in channeling illegal Bolshevik gold into the US, the co-option of the American Red Cross by powerful Wall Street interests, and the intervention by these sources to free Marxist revolutionary Leon Trotsky, who sought to overthrow the Russian government. He also discusses deals made by major corporations to access the vast Russian market before the US officially recognized the Soviet regime, and the secret support for Communism by leading businessmen who publicly advocated for free enterprise. This work meticulously details a critical phase in the establishment of Communist Russia, backed by extensive documentation. Originally published in 1974, this classic study is part of a significant trilogy, which includes analyses of Wall Street's influence on Hitler and Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1933 presidential election.