As early as 1918, Leon Trotsky had ordered the machine-gunning of Anarchist party headquarters; by the time of Steimer's arrival, the suppression and liquidation of anarchist and other' dissident elements' was already in progress.
The suppression and liquidation of anarchist and other'dissident elements' was already in progress. Leon Trotsky had ordered the machine-gunning of Anarchist party headquarters; by the time of Steimer's arrival. This was early as 1918.