18 JANUARY 1952, Page 4

Communist methods should not be entirely disregarded. Nor should their'

defenders in this country be allowed to gloss over their blatant dishonesty. The Times correspohdent in Berlin has done well to focus attention- on the action of the Communist. Press in that city in quoting from the-Truman- Churchill communiqué in. Washington the, words " We are resolved to build an Atlantic community not only for immediate defence," and omitting the completion of the sentence—" but for enduring progreis." The intended. inference is obvious, and the technique completely characteristic.