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snemesiooutaneis . —_ Pe a ee Nera Cnee Tver COLES OD 8 eae) a ém - page four Catholics of the country, but also among the Orthodox Russians. It may be, our observers point out, that this sudden surge of interest is due to the vitriolic attacks of the Soviet press on the Pope which naturally should draw the interest on the matter. Be 4t as it may, this seems to be the very first time in which something irom the West has made a definite hit with the Russians and has got through at least to a certain number of people. In fact this has gone so far, that the Soviet press itself had to take a stand on the matter and to attack the Papal message, refraining from verbal quotations. The result was an even ereater Snereese in public attention. Our observers are deeply impressed by this fact, and though several of them are not of tve religious type, they unanimously point out that this ought to be a lesson to Western Political Warfare. It is, that the political and econo= mic approach to the Russian people will not carry us very fare But that we might score heavily if we widely used the religious ; approach to a nation, which despite more than thirty years of offis c4 1 atheism is still in the bottom of its heart a religious nations
