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3. PARAGRAPH 2 OF PEKING TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE IS OF COURSE

BROADLY TRUE AT PRESENT, BUT SCHEWHAT OVER-SIMPLIFIED. CHILDREN,

WHATEVER THEIR PARENTS' POLITICAL BELIEFS, ARE NOT BORN COMMUNISTS

BUT MADE INTO COKKUNISTS..TO THIS EXTENT, ALL CHILDREN ARE

PROSELYIZED IN THESE SCHOOLS: PARTICULARLY WHERE THE PARENTS SEND

THEN THERE MORE AS A RESULT OF PRESSURE THAN POLITICAL CONVICTION.

CO PLEASE PASS ROUTINE TO PEKING.

SIR D. TRENCH

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