his would be assassin, Nikolai Khokhlov, confess to him and defect, embarrassing the Soviet government with his media campaign. There were also several bombing attempts. Dr. Rudolf Trušnovič, a prominent NTS member of Slovenian origin, was kidnapped by Stasi agent Heinz Glezke and smuggled abroad in a Soviet diplomatic car to the East German sector. He is believed to have died in transit as a result of the trauma from the struggle that ensued during his kidnapping. Anti-NTS pamphlets and newsreel films were produced by the USSR. One such pamphlet was supposedly written by Konstantin Cherezov, a former NTS member who defected from Germany back to the USSR. The pamphlet accuses the leaders of NTS being employees of American and British intelligence. It also labels them as drunkards, homosexuals and gamblers who had at one point or another served the Nazi regime. In addition, the Soviet government used its international ties to pressure foreign governments to suppress NTS's activities. One such successful example was the closing down of "Radio Free Russia" by the West German government. Songs A song titled "The Bright Hour Knocks" (Бьёт светлый час B'ot svetlij čas) became the organization's main song, used as an anthem but never called such. It was written in the early 1930s by NTS member Mikhail Gnilorybov. Another song was also very popular, called "Youth" (Молодёжная Molod'ožnaja) or "The Past is the Source of Inspiration" (В былом источник вдохновенья V bylom istočnik vdochnoven'ja), written by NTS member Pavel Zelensky (Павел Николаевич Зеленский; 1904–1978) in the late 1930s. This song was also adopted by the Russian Scout organization ORYuR as the anthem of its leadership circle, which had many NTS members. See also Congress of Russian Americans White movement Russian Liberation Movement Russian All-Military Union (ROVS) VSHSON White Emigre Russian All National Popular State Movement Mladorossi Smenovekhovtsi Evraziitsi References (1994) The Mission of the Russian Emigration, M.V. Nazarov. Moscow: Rodnik. (1986) Novopokolentsy, B. Prianishnikoff. Silver Spring, MD. (1990) An Alternative to Gorbachev: The Programme of the NTS, a Russian Christian Democratic Party, NTS, edit. by Marjorie Brady and Judith Hatton, translated and foreword by George Miller External links Official site of the NTS Site of the Posev publishing house Narodno-trudovoi soiuz samizdat collection at the Hoover Institution Archives Site of the Perm NTS group, which split off from the main NTS organization in the 1990s (in Russian) Народная трибуна СПб. The People's Tribune