COMMUNISTS: All Dressed Up

In small towns (and some large towns) a high degree of excitement can be generated by the question: Why did Flora-belle get (or not get) an invitation to the party? The diplomats, pundits, newsowls*and unclassified quidnuncs who keep a sharp eye on Communist doings have recently been in a dither about an invitation sent (or not sent) by Ho Chi Minh, Red rebel leader of Indo-China, to Tito's Yugoslavia.

Somewhere in Siam is the man who knows the answer: an Indo-Chinese named Nguyen Due Quy, who acts as a kind of underground foreign minister or social secretary for Ho. Last...

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