Mexico, 1940:Looks like this former No. 2 man under Lenin in Russia got whacked, literally
[DOC] [TLE] EDWARD J. THRASHER - Association for Diplomatic Studies and ... [PAR] I got home in 1940 by crossing the Atlantic in a Pan Am Clipper flying boat, 
Lisbon .... Once, in the souks of Damascus, I watched a man making legs for 
wooden stools.