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the economic and political concessions she has extorted in

border areas like Manchuria and Sinkiang, her tough commercial methods, one-sided cultural penetration, and the principles of behaviour of Russian technicians, advisers, spies and officials in China (who were a particular source of irritation in Yugoslavia). These points may legitimately be made in broadcasts and similar media aimed primarily or incidentally

at areas under Communist control.

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In Japan and Korea our anti-Communist publicity activities must be ancillary to those of the United States; but there are a growing number of fields, both overt and discreet, especially those connected with labour, etc., in which the American authorities welcome our material and our technical collaboration.

In South-East Asia the task is divided into two parts: activities directed at the Overseas Chinese communities on the

one hand; and those directed towards the indigenous Asian peoples on the other. This division is discernible even in the special case of Malaya. Experience shows that publicity put out through official Western channels (and more especially through official agencies of the British, French, U.S. and Dutch Governments) tends to produce litle effect on Asians: and such crfect as it does produce often tends to be the opposite of what was intended, since the public throughout South-East Asia is quick to suspect the motives of Western powers who attack Communism. It is therefore important in anti-Communist publicity to work where mousible through Asian channels, and to ensure that the hand of the white man shall remain invisible to the public,

8. There is some evidence that the previous almost universal acceptance by the Overseas Chinese press of something like the Peking Line has now given place to a more cautious and critical

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