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Stalinist tn tte staff, writers, monagenent and content. _ Tata series, written by Willtan 4, Reuben, “Natt onal 7 @uerdtan* reporter, degan on Auguat 15, ‘1951, with an article entitled, “Ie This the Dreyfus Case of Cold vor Aner toa?” The . epentng erticle set the keynote for the entire series of ortteles as well as fer the tatenstve ‘Communtat prepaganda eampatgn which _ was soon te follow-a eampatgn based mataly upon tastnaction, ertifiesally ereated doubts, confusion and sheer deception. 7 Thia firet article posed s series of suggestive ques- thons ottenpting to dink the Rosenberg case with such previcss eases es the Dreyfus Case, the Sacce-Vonzet ti Case, and with other trrelevant tasues. The article neatly tllustrated a key technique to be employed by the Communtate $n thetr future agitation dealing with the Rosenberg Case, ‘fees, to create doubt by any means posstble and then to offer such ayntketioc doubts as preas of the Resexdergs’ “complete tnnocence." This _ wos done by Suggesting that there were strong grounds indicating ’ that the Rosenderge were vietins af @ "pelttical frane-up.” . Gnderlytnag this enekescreen of noneless “suaptctons” : 6 7 and “eubts,* the “ational Guardian” article unwittingly re- "peated a mofor purpese af the forthcoming propaganda berrage; nonely, « atrens ous esfert to deflect attention from the Con- auntat Party's own indirect but deep {nvolvement tm esptfonage. Follewing thia epentng ernouncenent the "Zatti onal @uardian”™ ran a series of ¥ articles by Beuben tn succesatue