[2] In 1947, Winston Churchill described a crypto-communist as, "one who has not the moral courage to explain the destination for which he is making".
[3] In 1949, shortly before his death, George Orwell compiled a list for the Information Research Department of the British Foreign Office of thirty-eight journalists and writers who in his opinion were crypto-communists or fellow travellers.
[4][5][6] In 1960, Bruce Hutchison described what he viewed as a crypto-communist threat from the left wing of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan under Nobusuke Kishi.
[7] In West Germany, some accused the Social Democratic Party under the leadership of Willy Brandt of being a crypto-communist front.
[8] The Black Book of Communism refers to some individuals as crypto-communist, namely Damyan Velchev and Ludvík Svoboda.