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Not that there weren't real communists in the labor unions, and real spies in Washington, but these had nothing to do with the show that was being pu… - Wilfrid Sheed
" "Not that there weren't real communists in the labor unions, and real spies in Washington, but these had nothing to do with the show that was being put on for us, which seemed entirely designed to Make Us Take This Thing Seriously. From abroad, where I was for much of the time, it looked as if the United States were trying to act like a superpower by holding its very own show trials.
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About Wilfrid Sheed
Wilfrid John Joseph Sheed (born December 27 1930 – 19 January 2011) was an English-born American novelist and essayist.
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