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OE A aE oe rT ee note at Cruise of the Zatory to the USSR ' The Polish ship satory returned to Lehavre on Septender 8 from its cruise to the Sovict Union with some 760 French tourists. In a report dated Septerber 30, 1955, Qj advisea that the spectacular aspect of the Soviet zesture in permit- ting what was, for the Soviet Union, such a mass influx of Western tourists was not lost on the rrench press. Most of tr.e Paris dailies and several magazines sent correspondents with tre croup, end the correspondents not only faithfully filed daily despatches during the trip, but proceeded to write a series of lenrthy articles upon their return. “Thus l'.wianite sang daily praises of the paracise that socialism had wrought, while Le konde spoke of full employment in the Soviet Union anc deserioin. such tiin-s as rest hores end housing for plant workers in terre implyin: that 411 workers enjoyed these benefits. neaction to the Lili Ga tke Emontaan wal et Pawnitea Le accorcine: tn aMeP2cern iribassy ao. ©£aPris Was tre recipient curing Septerber 1955 of a number of letters Of the letters received, most were from indivicuals, sone of = | whom were obvious crackpots, but others of whom were obviously voicing sincere indignation. The Secours Populaire Francais, a Communist front organization, sent in the type of letter tha could be expected from it. The most serious _letter, however, was from ee #iets ad a3 ESON and noeaNAza SARTRE anong the concerning the acquittal of the two men tried in the TILu oo memb.rs of its ponor cormittee, its preBigent, =i ox: LOACTE, is strongly anti-Communist, and the majority of its honor committee is made up such geese VINCE BYAURIOL, the AGL ee PRa. “vost. mac, PIE AREY Wi DES-FAa Ch, Mrs. ELbh i nif 235 LVaLT, I cafe East, anc IT3:A% TOXSTLOLE. U The press gave wite coverare to the TILL case, woriferously conderminrs the verdict. This wes true not only of l'numanite and Liveration, but of the entire press, right wing and left wing alixe. Lthumanite, Se,ternser 27, 1955, described the Mississippi trial "a rdscarriage of justice. . bY-ai[-a3/-337 | -~ 10 = |