Soviet
Motives for Gareth’s Murder?
1.Japanese
implication (& embarrassment) with
Gareth’s 1935 murder by Mueller’s articles effectively resulted in no further territorial expansion until the ‘Rape of Nanking’ in
1937, arguably the start of
WWII.
•Allowing NKVD
Wostwag not only to continue to
covertly supply weapons to [Chinese Communist
leader] Mao on his ‘Long March’, but also ease Soviet fears of a war with Japan.
Gareth with Pres. Hoover, White House lawn, 1931.