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Thi.I mat.er...a..l cont.a.tn.s :nformatton alTec!.1.:ig t!le !'{at!on.Ll De!en&e o! tile C11~ States wtthln the me&nlng o! the ~lo~e La....... TI Uc lS. O ..3.C. 

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A. THE USSR SHOWS TWO FACES TOWARD THE CR QUESTION. T"tlE OFFICIAL RLAcrION IS NOT BAD, Bur TIIE UNOFFICIAL FACE IS 
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ONE IN WHICH 11 HNISIBLE 11 PRESSURES AGAJNST THE NEW CR LINE 4 
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3 2 IS BEING APPLED. THESE INCLUDE TEE SOVIET PRESS (WHICH IS 2 


UNDER THE CONI'ROL OF THE USSR LEADERSHIP), THE THREAT OF ECONOMIC PRESSURE, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE OF VARIOUS TYPES :! INCLUDING HOSTILITY OF A MORE VOCAL AND OVER!' NATURE FROM 

B. PRESSURES SUCH AB THESE WILL INCREASE AND CONI'INUE DURING THE LONG HOI' SUMMER BUT THE SOVIETS WILL TAKE NO "HARDER, II I. E. ' MILITARY MEASURES. 
C. THE SOVIET ml'ENTION IS Nor TO OVERl'HROW THE NEW LEADERSHIP BtJI' TO FORCE THE CR TO MODERATE SOME OF ITS MORE 

i~~ 	EXTREME ACTIONS WHICH ARE INIMICAL TO THE USSR. SPECIFICALLY, THE USSR BELIEVES UNRESTRIC'TED DIGGING UP OF SO-CALLED SOVI.t:.~ INSPIRED CRIMES OF THE 1947-53 PERIOD IS NOI' ONLY DENIGRATION OF THE USSR BUT OF THE ENTIRE SOCIALIST MOVEMENT, AND THAT SUCH HISTORICAL RESEARCH SHOULD BE CONCLUDED IN A WAY THAT 
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NO SHADOW 	CCMES OVER THE KREMLIN. 
D. THE NEW CR LINE IS A RISKY ONE FOR A COUNTRY WITH SUCH CLOSE ECONOMIC, POLrrICAL AND MILITARY TIES TO THE USSR, 
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AND A SHAKEY SITUATION WilJ., CON!'INUE THROUGHOur THE SUMMER 

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NO MATTER HOW WELL THE SITUATION IS HANDLED AT BorH ENDS.
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THE CR SHOULD GO SLOWLY, BUI' IT l-tILL CON!'INUE ON TBE NEW
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-J..,.:.. ?..::G..!.F.DI:rG .!.1.t!.:.. CR PRESS, CE!fSO:cbr I:> EAS BEEN oom: AW.~ 
~1:~ .:u;n JCUffi·~l.I3TS WILL cmlI'I.NUE TO WE:CTE FREELY. IT WOULD 
:a::: .:... CATASTROPHE ?OR TE CR TO RESTOF2 CBlSO~HIP AS TIE 
CE:iT?..AL COM?·U·.i.'J.1::::::, PARLIAM2·~ AND "ADMINISTRATION ELEMENTS,. 
WILL BE ABLE TO IliFLU'3ICE JOURJ.'lALISTS IN DEMOCRATIC WAYS, 
BY APP=~IMG TO THEL~ PATRiarISM, ETC. 

CR JOURNALISTS 

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DUl'Y nr THI5 MAT.rER.