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outside of the company.

In other words, negatively. There was a negative reaction?

Very negative reaction. It was as if we had declared war on the Soviets not that the Soviets had declared war on us.

That was 1944. One year earlier something smaller appeared. It didn't cause the same reaction. I think it was called “A Cause For Alarm,” and it was a discussion of the deterioration of the relations among the Big Three after the Tehran Conference in November 1943. Do you recall that?

Who wrote it? Does it say?

No. I'll tell you in one minute. But then apparently, according to Jack Jessup, who was an editorial writer, in 1946 Life editorial, according to him, saying let's recognize that in fact there is a world wide conflict going on even though no one wants to talk about it. He feels that that editorial in Life helped clear the opinion track for rearmament, for NATO, for the rebuilding of Germany. Do you recall that?

The one in 1946. Yes, I did. Everybody was very confused at the end of the war. I mean literally, because--I go back to the issue of the British Empire, the issue of Russia, and the issue of China. The issue of China was terribly important, particularly in