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= -atescae ap ET do ertiole in the February 2, 1945 issue of the New York DAILY NEWS, dateline London, February 1, 1945, reported that the eubject brands as “Red baiters™ those who olaim that Russia is laying the foundation for a Third World conflict and stated that these people meee Beet itdws @- wat teagan teriwns ha wae A iy anot then wae dpeat $n ate Bere WALLAME WY PLS ANU ETA Wee ls ae their foolish irrespensible notions." NY LO0-25056 & similer artiole appeared in the DAILY WORKER, Commmist Perty publication, under the same date, and indicated that HELLUAW hed just errived in London end stated that while in Russie HELLMAN had visited Mosoow, Leningrad, Kiev, and the frontline as far west as Prage, Warsaw's suburb, only ten days before the Soviet drive began, WF ath ta ee een bn bho United Bseatne ot Beitine a eaat euu je - oe wt Ie Re Ge Be ane r | Su Fo Ue i Merylend, on February 27, 1945 aboard ths plane "BANGOR". The NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE of Maroh 2, 1945 reported that HELINMAN just back from Russia, had stated the day before that, | ®rhe Russians are e terrific people, Whether you like or dislike their Government ig not the point; they are a wonderful people, and I have nothing but the deepest admiration for them.” The article reported HELLUAN es stating that she believed that she iz the first foreign oivilien to Visit @ Red fighting front, She indicated thet she did not see Stalin, his secretary telling her that he “was too busy with the Poles to see me, The artiole went on to state, "The trip was paid for entirely by the Russian Government, I believe, because I did not see @ bill for anything until I arrived in Turkey on my way home." HELLMAN eteted, "I spent four or fiwe days at Mershal douarters af thas Ft ret Bai te BE Buseien Ay dem 4Anet outed aa Woveen We lived in his home and the fact that it wee his home and that he was at the rear planning was # carefully guarded secreteccoeoscossaanesoce™ LAsy ikowta ha an TMA ¥ ib@ HELLMAN considered it one of the “tragedies of our tims that so much misinformation has oome cut of Russie from people unqualified to speak.® She stated that she had nothing but contempt for people who go to Russie and stay six woeka without even apeaking ths language and come back euthorities,; An invitation cf the American Review of Soviet Medicine reflects that a reception and cocktail party wes to be held in honor of LILLIAN HELLMAN on Werch 11, 1945 at the home of MRS. BURTONAEZETT, §4 Washington Mews, New York City, Donations were $25,006 per person and HELLMAN was to give on off-the-record talk, SEReT ( \A2