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According to John Wayne's Wikipedia page and this article, Stalin ordered his assassination, but then Kruschev rescinded the order after Stalin's death. So let's say that Kruschev does not rescind the order, or Stalin lives longer and sees the plot through. John Wayne is assassinated by Soviet agents in 1954 or 1955. What effects does this have on the entertainment industry? On international relations and Cold War tensions? Does McCarthyism get as second wind using the martyrdom of John Wayne as a symbol?