I THOUGHT I would never see the day when one of our TV channels transmitted a programme that showed that Stalin (pictured left) was, at the very least, as vile as Hitler. And that many more millions were slaughtered or suffered unimaginable hardship and misery under Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin than under the "Jack boot" of Hitler's National Socialism.

The atrocities and violence carried out by these merciless Bolshevik creatures must surely be beyond the comprehension of most people.

It would be interesting to know what prompted Channel 4 to broadcast 'Stalin'. After all, the main target of the media has always been anything right wing that threatens the Lib/Left in this country, usually the BNP, presumably because of their rise in popularity.

It was a little optimistic of me to hope that, among other things, the truth about the massacre in the Katyn forest would be revealed. This cold-blooded slaughter of 10,000 Polish military personnel was actually committed by the Soviet communists and not by the Nazis as we were led to believe by the Lib/Leftist intellectuals in the West and until recently, vehemently denied by the communists.

This fact was revealed when the Russian government briefly allowed access to its files in 1991.

What a pity we have to wait 30 years, and in certain cases a lot more, to find out how our people have been deceived and lied to by the politicians we elected to look after our interests.

M Bowker,

Deepdale, York.

Updated: 11:56 Monday, September 13, 2004