The other day on his show, Glenn Beck was talking about how it's frightening that the government can hide certain parts of our history by editing important papers and documents.
He was hosting M. Stanton Evans, author of Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Senator of Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America's Enemies, who while doing research for his book came across shocking findings that some historical documents had been edited to possibly advance a political agenda.
One of these was a document recording the Yalta Conference with FDR, Churchill, and Stalin. FDR was going to meet with the King of Saudi Arabia, and Stalin asked him if he was going to give the king any concessions, and this was FDR's reply:
"The president replied that there was only one concession he thought he might offer, and that was to give him the 6 million Jews in the United States."
This document was found in the collection of Edward Stettinius who was the Secretary of State at the time of the Yalta conference. And where were these papers found?
At the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA.
This document shows that FDR was somewhat of anti-semite at the end of his term, but it was also 2 months before his death, and he was also a little "gaga" or crazy, as Evans described him.
The most important fact though, is that Roosevelt's comments were edited out of the official papers. You have to go into the archives to find the truth. Did the government withold information in order to preserve FDR's legacy? Did they keep the truth from the public to advance their political agenda?
It's scary to think that the government can do this...
And that's my two cents.
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