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the operations of the Council of Free Czechoslovakia in the Unis
ted States, The misgiving is due to two main reasins : first, that
the most prominent men of the Council where guilty of eoliabora=
tion with the Comaunists, of support of Rssie all during the war,
and that they eliminated all those elements from the Council
who where identiaccaly opposed to Hitler and Stalin, like the
Members of the largest Czech Party, the Agrarians, of the Party of
frades and the right wing of the Catholic People's Party 3; second
that most of the leaders of the Council are Imowm to be actively
non religious people, several being suspected of outright hostis
lity to the Churches, Since most of the opposition to the regime
comes from the religious element, this is probably the gravest
sinzle error, if one d@es not think of the systematical hostility
of the Council towards the Siovak patriots, A grave sign of this
Christian opvosition is found in two recent events : first, an
article in the leading Catholie Czech paper in America, “Katolik"
which takes a stand against the Council 3 second, the refusal of
the Pope to receive Dre Hubert Ripka, one of the lead -rs of the
Council. Both these facts are widely knownin the contry end have
made a good impression heree
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