H.G. Wells interviews Joseph Stalin — kottke.org

In 1934, H.G. Wells interviewed Joseph Stalin. This is how the interview began: Wells: I am very much obliged to you, Mr Stalin, for agreeing to see me. I was in the United States recently. I had a long conversation with President Roosevelt and tried to ascertain what his leading ideas were. Now I have come to ask you what you are doing to change the world . . . Wells: I wander around the world as a common man and, as a common man, observe what is going on around me.

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