To the U.S. embassy in Moscow came an urgent message for 45 youngish Americans, self-appointed delegates and observers at a monster Communist world youth festival, who had accepted an invitation for a cut-rate propaganda junket to Communist China. "Dear Fellow Citizen," wrote Acting Secretary of State Christian A. Herter. "By traveling to Communist China at this time you will, in the considered view of your government, be acting as a willing tool of Communist propaganda intended, wherever possible, to subvert the foreign policy and the best interests of the U.S." Herter added...
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