The British plot to kill Lenin

All the talk of people wanting to assassinate a certain Russian leader today reminded me of this great story from 1918...

THE FIRST thing the British diplomat saw when he opened his eyes was a revolver pointing straight at his face. “Get up,” a harsh voice ordered. It was 3.30 in the morning, and the bleary-eyed diplomat knew he was in no position to disobey. Standing in his room were a group of agents from the Cheka – the Bolsheviks’ feared secret agency for combating cou…