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national review has learned that a prominent American writer, associated with a prominent American magazine, has reported that he was assaulted at his home by three Chinese a month ago, and left hanging by his ankles. The only explanation of the assault is political: the writer is publicly identified as an anti-Chinese-Communist. Deep mystery surrounds the episode, which at this writing has not appeared in print, and no progress has been made in identifying the assailants. The question arises whether the Red Chinese have embarked upon a program of terrorization in this country; and if so, what steps we will take to guard ourselves against them.

The Communists—to paraphrase Mr. Noel Coward—do it. We—to continue the paraphrase—do it. And now—so runs the good news from Tokyo—the Japanese will do it; so that soon perhaps everyone will be doing it. What? Why, grant foreign aid, which the Tokyo government has decided to do in Laos and Cambodia; The aid, like most Japanese imitations, will be on a small and delicate scale ($4.25 million this year). But it will, we are promised, grow, which suggests the happy thought that the U.S. might one day get onto the list of recipients.

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national review has learned that a prominent American writer, associated with a prominent American magazine, has reported that he was assaulted at his home by three Chinese a month ago, and left hanging by his ankles. The only explanation of the assault is political: the writer is publicly identified as an anti-Chinese-Communist. Deep mystery surrounds the episode, which at this writing has not appeared in print, and no progress has been made in identifying the assailants. The question arises whether the Red Chinese have embarked upon a program of terrorization in this country; and if so, what steps we will take to guard ourselves against them.

The Communists—to paraphrase Mr. Noel Coward—do it. We—to continue the paraphrase—do it. And now—so runs the good news from Tokyo—the Japanese will do it; so that soon perhaps everyone will be doing it. What? Why, grant foreign aid, which the Tokyo government has decided to do in Laos and Cambodia; The aid, like most Japanese imitations, will be on a small and delicate scale ($4.25 million this year). But it will, we are promised, grow, which suggests the happy thought that the U.S. might one day get onto the list of recipients.