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SUDJICTI Follc-up on F Resolutica (United liations).

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1. In accordance uith  conversation with you yeoterdny, I took to the nooting vithcter Ladzaithis norning your renorandua datod 10 April and tearin the ateve-entitled sabject-honding. I offered this nezorandus to hin and hed actvally (co ym vill obaerve fran the fcot of the criginsl, vhich is rsturned to Fou herevith) torn off your nane -- and vas about to tear off r titlo at th:o top, whunrsrtoriedee stated that he did not bolieve he vished to have any nore fra us at this tiro, on this sibject. Pe oxoreseed a profound distasto fer tha Entire nattsr and said that he hoped we vould nevor hear of it arein -- it hed becn a nasty and difficult isrue, principally because of the difficulty of explainins; avay the filn and tho statemonts of the Amcriean fliers. Hovaver, the vote had besn favorable tnd hs hoped that this vas tho end of tho nattor for hin, He had no desire to reise tha subjact erain hinself, but seid that he nould prcbably ccll upua us for additional natcrial if and when the patter stould arise in the future.

2. I caid thut ye fully shored his vieu that "the issue vas finished in tho Tnited Hations", but that it hed been our experionco that stho bug" cenes frcz a very hardy sirain end hed exhibited eppalline vitality. Fer this resson, I snid that I thcught it vould be a nistaze to to tco conplacent shout the mtter. To the last statement Cseeten lodadiroplied with a questiou as to just Hhat explauation ve cculd civo of the stazcnents of the Anericaa fiero -- hoa did ve account for this and yst could bo done atont it? I seid that cur bect cuans vas that ths etatenents bad betn in cns vay or arother forced cut of the captive sirncn end that one of the tochniques raich ve thoarkt had possibly boen used was tho Soviet (and noy Chinere) technicus of "brain-vashinr". Seneter Lod- said that he thoucht the publie pas very inadecustoly iafornad ront "brain-vashina" and thst in the atsouco of a nch lsrrer ouantity of prslto inferetion than now ex'ots cn thd subiact, thə inpact of the fiers' statennts is torrific. I replied ty ttatine that vd shared his viev mnd poirted out tl.ct theDepartnent ef Dafonso io expcotod to iosus a lengthy statenent over the wesk-end and that he misht wateh his Sundsy or Konday sevspoper for thisy

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