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Imperial Claimants Post Here / Re: For Serious Claimants, Please
« on: July 03, 2004, 12:13:52 PM »
It's not quite clear that 'free' is the appropriate term given that by any measure or stretch of the imagination, the Soviet Union was the worst generally recognized government in the history of the modern world. 
I used the phrase 'generally recognized' because the USSR was recognized by Western governments as legitimate. I don't believe the US recognized Hitler's Reich as a legitimate government, but I could be wrong on that. If it had, it certainly broke diplomatic relations quickly.

I used the phrase 'generally recognized' because the USSR was recognized by Western governments as legitimate. I don't believe the US recognized Hitler's Reich as a legitimate government, but I could be wrong on that. If it had, it certainly broke diplomatic relations quickly.