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he had been blinded by capitalist propaganda. After the meeting, the man in charge took me aside. ''You must make a determined effort to emulate Tao Feng and do your best to reform,'' he warned. ''I'm not aware of any wrongdoing on my part,'' I said. ''Perhaps you'll change your attitude when you've had time to think things over,'' said a second man. ''If you try to cover up for the imperialists, the consequences will be serious.'' I decided the meeting was not very important. The government's policy was always changing, like a pendulum swinging from left to right and back again. The Cultural Revolution seemed to me to be a swing to the left. When it had gone too far, corrective measures would be taken.
THE GATHERING STORM
