Re Reply 108,109: Other than the usual "ho-hum" theories espoused here, the reading list is unusually stale, badly out-dated and one-sided, having been regurgitated time and time again. It is interesting that your correspondent includes BOTH the mysterious and convoluted "Rescuing the Czar" (IMO, a totally laughable volume, quoted at length in Richard's, "The Hunt for the Czar") and the more respectable, but faulty Summers and Mangold volume, which, if my memory serves me correctly, totally disparages the basic premise of the "Smythe" book. They state that they went through the archives of that author, which his son has/had in storage in Florida, finding (again if I remember correctly) that it was an obvious attempt to sell the tale for potential movie rights, and even quote US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's comment (obliquely sought in a mid-air flight at their request) that heavily/bluntly puts down the essential premise ("rescue," so-called US secret State Dept. "Romanov File, " etc.) of the "Smythe," et al. volumes. All in all, this person may state whatever opinion he wishes, but seems sadly mis-led/biased. I wonder what his "bottom-line" is, fiscally? The "documentary"? I personally would not further waste my time in these theories. AP