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Churchill wrote "The Aftermath" while Chancellor of the Exchequer in Baldwin's Conservative Government. In this hand-written draft on Treasury paper, he describes Lenin as vengeance personified.

Hand-written page from draft of The Aftermath commenting on Lenin, c.1928.

Reference: Churchill Papers, CHAR 8/235/7, c.1928
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