A Letter From The Publisher, Jun. 9, 1952

It may come as something of a surprise to the critics of South Africa's government that it permitted the cover story on Prime Minister Daniel Francois Malan (TIME, May 5) to be widely distributed and reprinted in South Africa. Long excerpts were quoted in the pro-Malan Afrikaans press.

Since then, TIME'S South African correspondent, Alexander Campbell, has arrived in New York for his first visit to the U.S. and his first trip out of Africa in 15 years. Campbell reports that, even as he prepared for the six-week trip, rumors began to circulate that...

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