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From: rrizzo@bbncca.ARPA (Ron Rizzo)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: re: Slave labor built Siberian pipeline
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Date: Tue, 4-Mar-86 17:48:20 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar  4 17:48:20 1986
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Where's the evidence?  cries David Desjardins.

Nit:

According to Webster's (WNCD9), evidence: "an outward sign" or "indication,"
"something that furnishes proof," "something legally submitted to a tribunal
to ascertain the truth of the matter."

I offered only "sources" for a "claim," ie, the identification of those who 
made the claim (granted, the word "sources" is ambiguous).  However, the fact
the sources pointed to, ie, Communist use of slave labor in big works projects
(from the construction of Moscow high-rises, some of which stand on the sites
of former camps whose inmates built them, to the digging of the infamous White
Sea canal), is an outward sign, or indication, of the possible truth of the
claim that zeks built the pipeline, something that can be taken in at least
partial evidence of the claim.

Substance:

From the intensity & length of David's message, I'd say he has a strong
desire to examine any evidence.  Well, there's a place to look (& it's a
fairly obvious one): the NYTimes Index during the 1980s (when the pipe-
line was built), since the Times dispatched reporters to investigate
and they published articles.

I'd do it myself & post the results if I had the time.  But at least
Oded Feingold & I raised the issue, and interested parties can pursue
the matter further, that is, if they're really interested at all.

						Regards,
						Ron Rizzo