145:'s foreign mercenaries were obliged to turn to Russia for help, and though the quantity of arms supplied by Russia has been greatly exaggerated, the mere fact of their arrival brought the Communists into power... the Russians were able not only to get money for their weapons, but to extort terms as well. Put in their crudest form, the terms were: 'Crush the revolution or you get no more arms'... it may be, that the spectacle of a genuine revolution in Spain would rouse unwanted echoes in Russia."
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asking if they would like to have it when he reached London. They said yes." Orwell worked as quickly as he could to finish his piece which he called 'Eye-witness in
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