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* In the [[Glorious Mother Russia|Soviet Union]], the existence of the [[Deal with the Devil|Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact]] with [[Nazi Germany]] was vigorously denied by the Communist authorities until 1989.
** Same with the 1940 massacre of Polish officers in Katyn, which the Soviets blamed on [[Those Wacky Nazis]] between its discovery in 1943 and 1990.
* Sometimes, the Empire's [[Dark Secret]] isn't on the Empire's own soil and its terrible crimes aren't done by Empire's own hands. USA has been supporting dictators in Latin America and Middle East (and probably other places, too) to secure USA's own interests-- eveninterests—even as the government of USA keep on blaring at the average Joe American about how USA is the champion of human rights in the world. For example, Saddam Hussein was initially a check against Iran and Hosni Mubarak was a check against the Muslim Brotherhood.
** That's not really a dark secret in here in the United States, though. We know that our government has aided tyrants in the past (and probably in the present) and we are NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT.
 
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