"I think historians know more about history. I do not believe anyone to be better informed about history, and certainly not you!"

But we arent't talking about history as an abstract concept. We are talking about the deaths of 17 million people, including a million British and Commonwealth.

Regarding the quote from Messinger:

"P75 "He (Masterman) saw the (Bryce) report as based on authenticated fact, which he always believed should be the basis of propaganda."

It wasn't though, as you find when you read the whole of that chapter