“…I would like to say at once that I do not agree with the account you have given of the interview you had with me at my house, or your interpretation of the action I have taken, and I rather resent your observation that I am under Communist influence. An accusation of that kind, in view of the work I have done and the straightforward way in which I have taken my part in the Spanish Medical Aid Committee, can only be strongly repudiated and reprobated. …”

“…Bing, who, I think, is in touch with the Communist Party. Obviously they have greater faith in professional outlooks than I have. …”