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have also removed or obliterated inflammatory propaganda on Communist buildings in some cases painting over windows where there are illegal displays.

5. There are reports that union members who have been discharged for industrial misconduct are shortly to receive further payments from Communist funds. The degree of confusion caused by police raids on union premises is bound to make this a lengthy and difficult process.

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The continued bomb and incendiary attacks, although ineffective and infrequent, have succeeded in maintaining a certain degree of tension.. Otherwise there has been a noticeable increase in confidence in all quarters except among the Communists whose morale appears still to be declining. The main problem at the moment is the border which remains difficult.

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