John Wayne, Josef Stalin, And Nikita Khrushchev

 

You're probably wondering why I put a post on John Wayne, Josef Stalin, and Nikita Khrushchev on this blog.  The three men had nothing in common except Josef Stalin and Nikita Khrushchev  were fans of John Wayne.  I didn't know that until I did research on John Wayne for this blog.  As far as my research goes, I don't recall any mention of Joseph Stalin and John Wayne meeting however Nikita Khrushchev did visit with John Wayne.

The reason why it I am posting this is because there was some drama between the three men.

You can say the drama was sort of on the political intrigue side.  Stalin plotted against John Wayne even though he was a fan.  There was Soviet documents found which revealed Stalin had ordered an assassination on John Wayne do to Wayne's strong anticommunist politics.  Fortunately, for all concerned Stalin died before the order could be accomplished otherwise we would of miss some kid John Wayne acting.

Click save draft It was during one of Nikita Khrushchev's visits in 1959 that John Wayne found out about this order.  Khrushchev got a chance to meet John Wayne to reveal Stalin's plot.  Khrushchev also revealed he, himself, rescinded the order.