Reply To: Question of an ignorant, closed-minded Lubavitcher

>>>Notkin, from what I’ve read, helped in getting the baal hatanya released

This is indeed true, but about a later time:

After his encounter with the Alter Rebbe, Notkin completely changed his relationship with chassidim, and he used his government connections to assist in releasing the Alter Rebbe from his second arrest two years later. (His assistance was on condition that the Alter Rebbe meet with three gedolei hamisnagdim, which he indeed did.)