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pac k. At the risk of ove rsimp lifi cat ion , you try to nu t out a clea r stat eme nt of inco n­ trov erti ble fac ts: 1. By natu re, communism is ant i-God and ant i-man. God ly man mus t the ref ore fig ht it. 2. Commun ism' s goa l is to con trol the wo rld ; half tha t goa l ha s alre ady been reach ed ; fre e man mus t ther efor e fig ht to reg ain this half and reta in the oth er. 3. Th e Red s a imto mak e newcon qu est s: by ste pp ing up infi ltra tion and sub ver sion in the fre e half of the wo rld ; by fom ent ing trou ble in non- Commun istare as und er the gu ise of anti-co lon iali sm;by fig ht ingant i- Communist resi stan ce, par ticu larl y in the U.S ., via a pro pagand a cam pa ign in the name of civ il rig hts ; by us ing the UN as a pro pag anda forum to divide and sun­ de r; by promot ing trad e with the We st to stre ngt hen Ru ssia n agr icu ltur e and ind ust ry. 4. Th e Red s aim to con sol ida te their pas t con quest s:by ped dli ngthe pro pag anda of pe ace ful coe xis ten ce;by con vin cin gthe sat elli te peop les that res istance is use les s and libe rat ion imp ossible bec ause the two sid es of the Iron Curt ain are now go in g to ex ist toge ther pe ac efu lly ;by ke ep ing Germany div ide d unt il infi ltra tion rip en s the tim e to take it ov er ; by scuttli ng the No rth Atlantic Tre aty Or ganiz ation ; by ou tlawi ng nucl ear we apon s; by fin aglin g fo r one -sid ed disa rmamen t. Wa r, the n? No , we don 't dec lare wa r. Neith er pre ven tive nor lib era tiv e. Nor police act ion nor nuclea rhol oca ust . What, then? Th is the n: 1. We imm edia tely tell Ru ssia , Re d Ch ina , Yugos lav ia and the satelli tes that their gov ernmen ts do no t repres ent the peo ple s govern ed and that the ref ore the Un ite d Stat es, concei ved in libe rty , re fuses to ha ve any truck with the Red lea de rs. 2. We term inat e dip lom ati c rel ati on s wit h the se gov ernments. i plification, t - tible ts: e, nism i o i an. l re is 's l ; l ed; f e i i . s i e ests: i g tio sion ; ting l nist a h guise of anti-colonialism; by fighting anti- nist ce, ti larly in the ., a aign he il t ; by using the as a da forum to divide and s - ; i g to strengthen Russian agriculture and try. s i te ests: ling a da ful tence; i cing ll te l s i is usele s and liberation impo ible becaus es in are now going i efully; ing ny il tion e s ti e ; ng t nization; l ing ons; li g e ent. , , clare wa . er ntive tive. police action nor nuclear holocaust. What, then? T i : i tely i , i , l via te e ts e t l s e fore i d , ved t , f rs. i te l atic tions ents. .

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out s andcli ps that we ighdown themai lma n da ily . Yo ur ulc ers oo ze as you wor ry why kin d Un cle Sam all owshi s ingr ate nep hew s to publi shan d cir cu lat ethe Red da ilie sand the pro -Red we ekl ies an d the anti -ant i-Re d rev iew s. Yo ur bre ath bur ns as you spe ll out the su ave lie s an d sp eci ou stre ach eryof the agno sti cexp ert sin the lear ned jour nals . Rut it's all par t of "k eeping up with the new s." It's all par t of get tin g the fac ts, analyzing the tren ds, ha ck ing thr ough the wor dy fa t to unc ove rthe bones of the news ­ mak ers. It's all par t of know ingyour ene my . You try to see it all as an apo stol ate, a voc atio n, a wa y of life ded ica ted to trut h in the se rvice of Hi m Wh o is the Wa y, the Lif e and the Tr uth . But you som etim es won der wh at po liti ca l news interpr etat ion ha s to do with ete rnity . Th en you gaze around the glo be an d me et the sad ey es of the mill ion sdep riv ed of fre e life and human happine ss pr ecisel y bec ause the y and the ir fell owme nwer en' tawake to wha t was happen ing ,wer en't aware of the news beh ind the news un til it was too lat e. Wa rned God: "Fo r ther e shall ar ise false Chris ts an d false pro phe ts and shall sho w gre at sig ns and wonde rs, ins omuch as to de cei ve (if po ssi ble )ev en the ele ct. " So you plo w thr oug hthe pap ers andthe ma gaz ine san d the sp eec he sand you wat ch the tele vis ion pro pagan dis ts.You read the fals e pro phets. You stu dy their signs and won ders . Le ft, rig ht, center . Yo u take it in, on guard lest you be taken in. You sif t. You wee d party from po liti cs, self -int erest from sta tesma nsh ip. Yo u make mis tak es. You 're not inf all ible. But you try to dis­ cha rge a respo ns ibi lity .Human, you lov e it whe n the fan s appla ud . Human, you gri eve wh en pri de is wound ed. You open you r th ird pack of cig arette s and you re-r ead the hund red sof thousa nds of wor ds you 've written on the yea r's new s. You 're no t sur pri sed tha t mos t of your dea thle ss emoting wa s on commu nism . At the risk of you r lun gs, you ope n ano the r il . l s t e s lis l te ili s - lies ti- ed i s. l ous ery stic ts als. B e pi g . i g ts, l s, ing r - s. ing . ate, i n, i ted uth service of Him , Life and the Truth. But you sometimes wonder what political news interpretation has to do with eternity. Then you gaze around the globe and meet the sad eyes illions ri ed e i s eci ly en t ing, i il . Warned God: "For there shall arise false Christs and false prophets and shall show s rs, ch as to ive ible) " h and ines hes i ion gandists. ets. s. , t, . . li ics, est t an hip. es. l ible. - charge a responsibility. H n, s l ud. n, ed. t s reds nds s ' 's s. rised t l s s ni . s, r

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