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8/3/2019 Crisis of the Left in West Bengal
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Ltc|c| mi bf Hfi ck Zf| Dfkj`h
_ctb`ke`t D`kosm~`obs`s
_bc| `k`hs|c| z`| omkf `| ~`t mi bf A\l Oc||ft`cmk imt bf Ofyfhm~afk
\vocf| Of~`tafk ck bf \lbmmh mi Mtcfk`h `ko @itcl`k \vocf|( Hmkomk ck
\f~fadft 4>0>+
@hbmvjb bc| ~`~ft z`| ztcfk dfimtf bf ofd`lhf mi bf Hfi Itmk ck bf Zf| Dfkj`h
`||fadhs fhflcmk|( sf `hh bf |cjk| mi bf ltc|c| zftf lhf`ths fycofk fyfk bfk+
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_`dhf mi Lmkfk|
Lb`~ft Mkf7 Cktmovlcmk 6
Lb`~ft _zm7 2
Ltc|c| ck bf Hfi7 \bci ck Ofyfhm~afk ^`t`ocja
Lb`~ft _btff7 0?
Kfm Hcdft`hc|a `ko ^m~vh`t ^tmf| ck Zf| Dfkj`h
Lb`~ft Imvt7 4>
@k`hs|ckj ^m~vh`t ^tmf|7 @ _bfmtfcl`h ^ft|~flcyf
Lb`~ft Icyf7 4:
Lcych \mlcfs `ko ^m~vh`t ^tmf|
Lb`~ft \cr7 Lmklhv|cmk
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>: a`tefo ` lb`kjf ck c| ~mhccl`h octflcmk+ _bf
fyfk|( omfo `hh btmvjb mv bf sf`t( b` b`~~fkfo ` ` hchf ekmzk ~h`lf k`afo K`kocjt`a0( mt
ckymhyckj c( myft h`ko `lpvc|ccmk imt dvchockj ` lbfacl`h bvd( ftmofo bf |v~~mt d`|f mi bf Hfi
Itmk "HI# jmyftkafk4( zbclb c| ck ~mzft ck bf |`f |cklf 03::+
_bf lmkckvmv| oflhckf ck bf |v~~mt d`|f mi bf HI( `k `hhc`klf mi bf hfi ~`tcf| hfo ds bf
Lmaavkc| ^`ts mi Ckoc` "A`trc|# !! L^C !A( z`| a`kcif|fo ict| ck bf ^`klb`s` "btff!cft
hml`h jmyftkafk |tvlvtf ck bf tvt`h `tf`|# ~mhh| ck 4>>2 "G`k`( A`s( 4>>25 _bf _fhfjt`~b( A`s
4?( 4>>2#( bfk ck bf ~`thc`afk`ts fhflcmk| "Hme \`db` ~mhh|# ck 4>>3 "Lb`e`t`d`tc( A`s( 4>>3#(
imhhmzfo ds bf lcycl ~mhh| ck 4>0> "Lb`et`d`tc( Gvkf 4>0>#+
_bf lb`kjf ck bf ~mhccl`h h`ko|l`~f mi Zf| Dfkj`h z`| `h|m `llma~`kcfo ds ` |cjkcicl`k |bci ck
bf |v~~mt "dmb amt`h `ko ~bs|cl`h# b` bf hfi fkgmsfo itma bf ckfhhcjfk|c` ! lma~tc|ckj
`l`ofacl|( ztcft|( ~ftimtaft| `ko bf hcef| `ko bfklfimtb tfifttfo m `| bf lcych |mlcfs bftf !( ck
bf |`f imt a`ks ofl`of| "D`kftgff( 4>>2`( ~7 0?#+
0K`kocjt`a c| ` tvt`h `tf` ck bf F`| Afockc~vt oc|tcl mi Zf| Dfkj`h+ Hml`fo :> ea |mvb mi bf |`f l`~c`h
Emhe``( K`kocjt`a |bm ckm ~tmackfklf `ift ` |cii tf|c|`klf ds y`tcmv| jtmv~|( cklhvockj bf ychh`jft|( imhhmzckj
bf |`f jmyftkafk| oflc|cmk m `lpvctf `jtclvhvt`h h`ko imt bf \`hca Jtmv~ m |f v~ ` lbfacl`h bvd vkoft bf
\~flc`h Flmkmacl Wmkf "\FW# ~mhcls+
4Imt bf ~vt~m|f mi bc| `k`hs|c|( bf lmkkm`cmk| hcef bf hfi( HI( L^C!A `ko bf ~`ts zmvho df v|fo
ckftlb`kjf`dhs+ @hbmvjb f`lb mi bf|f lmkkm`cmk| b`| ociiftfk oma`ck| dv bc| `k`hs|c| v|f| bfa ckftlb`kjf`dhs
`| bf L^C!A c| bf a`ck lmk|cvfk mi bf HI jmyftkafk ck Zf| Dfkj`h `ko c c| `h|m Ckoc`| am| ckihvfkc`h hfi
~`ts ck lmkfa~mt`ts fhflmt`h ~mhccl|+
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_bf fyfk| ck K`kocjt`a>:`#+ _bf gv|cicl`cmk
~v imtz`to ds bf Zf| Dfkj`h lbcfi ackc|ft Dvoob`ofd Db``lb`ts` ck i`ymvt mi bc| ~`ts
l`otf| "cdco( Kmy 0?( 4>>:# `ko `||ftckj b` bf z`| km `dmyf bc| ~`ts "cdco(Kmy 06( 4>>:d#(
ltf`fo fyfk amtf tf|fkafk+
\vd|fpvfkhs( a`ks ckfhhflv`h|( cklhvockj |maf cofmhmjcl`hhs cklhckfo m bf hfi( ckfk|cicfo bfct
~tmf|| `j`ck| bf ~`b imhhmzfo ds |maf mi bfct imtaft lmat`of| mk ckov|tc`hc|`cmk "Act`(
4>>: d#+ Fyfk bm|f zbm zftf ck i`ymvt mi ckov|tc`hc|`cmk ck Zf| Dfkj`h m~fkhs t`c|fo bfct
ymclf `j`ck| bf `lcmk| mi bf HI jmyftkafk "O`|jv~`5 Kmy( 4>>:#+
0+0 Mdgflcyf7
_bf a`ck mdgflcyf mi bc| ~`~ft c| m `k`hs|f bf fyfk| hf`ockj m bf amyfafk mi bf
ckfhhflv`h| `z`s itma bf hfi ck Zf| Dfkj`h `ko `h|m fy`hv`f c| ca~`l mk bf |v~~mt b` bf
HI fkgmsfo ck bf |`f+ Mkf acjb df fa~fo m bcke b` bf amyfafk mi bf ckfhhflv`h| `z`s
itma bf hfi lmvho b`yf ` tmhf ck bf oflhckf ck bf L^C!A| fhflmt`h imtvkf+ _bf ~mhh tf|vh| `ko
bfct cackj lmvho df ` ~mckft ck b` octflcmk+
>:( zbfk ~mhclf imtlf| a`tlbfo ckm bf `tf` m
dtf`e bf tf|c|`klf ds bf hml`h ~m~vh`cmk hf ockj m bf of`b mi 0? ~fm~hf ck ~mhclf ictckj( `ko ck f`ths Kmyfadft4>>:( zbfk L^C "A# |v~~mtft| tfl`~vtfo K`kocjt`a( dtf`eckj bf tf|c|`klf mi bm|f m~~m|ckj h`ko `lpvc|ccmk ds
dhmmos af`k|( tf|vhckj ck hm|| mi hcyf|+ "_bf _fhfjt`~b( A`t 06( 4>>: ) \coocpvc( Kmy( 4>>:+#
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C zmvho `tjvf b` bf |bcickj `z`s mi ` |flcmk mi bf ckfhhcjfk|c` `ko bf |vd|fpvfk fhflmt`h
tfyft|f| `tf a`kcif|`cmk| mi bf ~tmdhfa| i`lfo ds bf hfi ck Zf| Dfkj`h dv bf ltc|c| z`| avlb
off~!tmmfo+ Ck hckf zcb bc| `tjvafk( bf `k`hscl`h it`afzmte imhhmzfo ck bc| ~`~ft zmvho df m
cofkcis bf ltc|c| mi bf hfi ck Zf| Dfkj`h `ko bfk hmme imt bf tf`|mk| dfbcko c| a`kcif|`cmk
btmvjb z`s| hcef ~m~vh`t tf|fkafk( ~tmf|( amyfafk|( tf|c|`klf fl+ _bc| zmvho df imhhmzfo
ds `k`hs|f| mi bf k`vtf mi bf Dfkj`hc ckfhhcjfk|c`( bfct tfh`cmk|bc~ zcb bf ~`ts( bf
lb`kjf| b` acjb b`yf `efk ~h`lf ck bfct `cvof yc| ` yc| bf ltc|c|( `ko bf ckihvfklf mi bf
ckfhhflv`h| mk bf ~m~vh`t ~tmf|| `j`ck| bf HI+
0+4 Lcych \mlcfs `ko Dfkj`hc Ckfhhflv`h|7
Ck ` dtm`o |fk|f( lcych |mlcfs c| a`of v~ mi `hh |mt| mi `||mlc`cmk`h jtmv~ckj| zbclb ckb`dc| bf
`tf` dfzffk bf ckocycov`h| "mt i`achcf|# `ko bf |`f "Dh`ct 033:5 ~7 4?#+ _bf ckfhhflv`h| "mt
ckfhhcjfk|c`# b` b`yf dffk tfifttfo m `| bf lcych |mlcfs ck bf l`|f mi Zf| Dfkj`h `tf `h|m ~`t
mi bf|f `||mlc`cmk`h jtmv~ckj|+ Bmzfyft( cofmhmjcl`hhs bfs `tf km |v~~mtft| mi bf dmvtjfmc|
|mlcfs b` Bfjfh `ko A`tr fkyc|`jfo bf lcych |mlcfs m df+ Itma b` ~mck mi ycfz( bf
ckfhhcjfk|c` mi Zf| Dfkj`h om km lma~tc|f bf tf|tclcyf oma`ck mi lcych |mlcfs( zbclb
frc|fo dfimtf bf 02b lfkvts+
Bmzfyft( imhhmzckj bf lb`kjf| b` bf ofickccmk mi lcych |mlcfs b`| vkoftjmkf( bf oma`ck mi
|vlb ` jtmv~ckj( ck lmvktcf| hcef Ckoc`( lmvho df tf|tclfo m ` |a`hh |flcmk mi lvhvt`hhs "`h|m
ckfhhflv`hhs# fpvc~~fo lccwfk|+ "Lb`ftgff5 4>>?5 ~7 ?0#+ _bf lmk|cvfk| mi |vlb ` jtmv~ckj
tf~tf|fk bcjb jtmvko mi amoftkcs+ _bc| `tcdvf mi bf lcych |mlcfs a`lbf| bf ckfhhflv`h| zf
`tf `eckj `dmv ck bc| lmkfr+ _bv| ck bc| `k`hs|c|( bf oma`ck mi lcych |mlcfs c| tf|tclfo mkhs
m bf Dfkj`hc ckfhhflv`h|+
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Lb`~ft 4
Ltc|c| ck bf Hfi7 \bci ck Ofyfhm~afk ^`t`ocja
_bf ~tmf| `j`ck| bf `lpvc|ccmk mi `jtclvhvt`h h`ko imt ckov|tc`hc|`cmk ck Zf| Dfkj`h acjb ck
c|fhi ca~hs ` lb`hhfkjf m bf `vbmtcs mi bf L^C!A imhhmzckj c| of~`tvtf itma bf cofmhmjcl`h
|`ko~mck mi dfckj ` ~tm!~mmt ~`ts m bf mkf b` c| fadt`lckj kfm!hcdft`hc|a+ Bmzfyft( C zmvho
`tjvf b` bf ~tmf|| t`k|lfko dfsmko bf ~bs|cl`h |~`lf bfs mllv~s ` ` ~mck ck caf `ko `tf
ckocl`cyf mi ` avlb off~!tmmfo ltc|c| fa`k`ckj itma myft btff ofl`of| mi hfi tvhf ck bf |`f+
_bc| ltc|c|( mkf lmvho `tjvf( c| km mkhs bf i`hhmv mi bf ac|`ef| lmaacfo ds bf hfi dv `h|m
bf mvlmaf mi bf ~mhclcf| b` bfs imhhmzfo myft bf ~`| sf`t|+ _bf L^C!A| f`jftkf|| m ckycf
~tcy`f l`~c`h ck Zf| Dfkj`h acjb df `k `oac||cmk mi bf i`l b` zcbck bf |tvlvtf mi `
hcdft`hc|fo Ckoc`k flmkmas( c c| km ~m||cdhf imt ` |`f m fad`te mk ` oc`aftcl`hhs ociiftfk
flmkmacl ~mhcls+ Bmzfyft( C zmvho `tjvf b` bf caafoc`f ckfkcmk dfbcko bf ~`t`ocja |bci ck
bf ofyfhm~afk amofh imhhmzfo ds bf HI z`| m |`yf mii bf ltc|c| b` bfs bmvjb lmvho
btf`fk bfct hmkj bfho `vbmtcs ck bf ~mhccl`h oma`ck+
_bf h`ko tfimta l`ttcfo mv ds bf HI b`| tf|vhfo ck bf ot`a`cl tfovlcmk ck bf kvadft mi
mzkft| mi h`tjf bmhockj| bftfds ca~fockj tvt`h l`~c`h imta`cmk+ _bf ca~hfafk`cmk mi bf
^`klb`s` |s|fa( m fk|vtf oflfkt`hc|`cmk mi tvt`h jmyftk`klf( hfo m bf faftjfklf mi ` kfz
lh`||( zbm|f ~mzft z`| km fkctfhs d`|fo mk h`ko bmhockj| "\`ks`h( 4>>2#+ _bf `|~ct`cmk mi bf
lmk|cvfk| mi bc| kfz lh`|| ckltf`|fo zcb bfct tc|f ck bf ~mhccl`h bcft`tlbs+ _bf tfh`cyf
ca~mt`klf mi `jtclvhvtf `| ` |mvtlf mi cklmaf of~hffo tf|vhckj ck bf ckltf`|fo ofa`ko imt
ckov|tc`h gmd|( zbclb( bmzfyft( z`| km caafoc`fhs `y`ch`dhf `| bf HI myft bf ~`| ofl`of| b`yf
kfjhflfo ckov|tc`hc|`cmk ck c| dco m bmho mk m tvt`h |v~~mt d`|f+
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@hh bf|f b`yf lmktcdvfo m ` ltc|c| `ko C zmvho `tjvf b` bf ~m|!4>>9 HI jmyftkafk b`o `efk
tflmvt|f m kfm!hcdft`hc|a mkhs m myftlmaf c "bc| ltc|c|#+ Itma b` |`ko~mck mkf lmvho `tjvf
b` bf ~tmf|| `j`ck| h`ko `lpvc|ccmk `tf ck ` z`s a`kcif|`cmk mi bf i`chvtf| mt bf zf`ekf||f|
mi bf o`a`jf lmktmh frftlc|f b` bf HI fad`tefo mk+ @k `|~fl mi bc| ~`~ft zmvho df m icko
mv `| m zbs bf HI i`chfo of|~cf dfckj ck ~mzft imt ofl`of| zcb |vlb bva~ckj a`gmtcs+
Bmzfyft( ` lhf`t vkoft|`kockj mi bf ltc|c| c| ~m||cdhf mkhs ci zf `ef ` hmme ` bmz bf HI
lmk|mhco`fo c| ~mzft `ko bfho mk m c imt |vlb ` hmkj caf+
4+0 Tvt`h Imlv| `ko Lmk|mhco`cmk mi bf ^`ts7
Fyft |cklf bf HI `||vafo ~mzft ck 03::( bfct imlv| z`| ~tfomack`khs mk bf tvt`h |flmt+ Hcef
ck mbft ~`t| mi Ckoc`( Zf| Dfkj`h c| `h|m ` ~tfomack`khs tvt`h |mlcfs `ko `llmtockj m a`ks bf
efs m bf hfi| fhflmt`h |vllf||( z`| a`ckhs dfl`v|f mi c| tvt`h ~m~vh`tcs( "Db``lb`ts`(
4>0>5 ~7 60#( zbclb c| bf tf|vh mi h`ko tfimta( oflfkt`hc|`cmk mi bf tvt`h ~mzft |tvlvtf fl+
_bf h`ko tfimta|( l`ttcfo mv ck bf |`f zcbck bf ict| ifz sf`t| mi bf HI `||vackj ~mzft( km
mkhs fhcack`fo bf omack`klf mi bf h`kofo lh`|| itma bf tvt`h |mlcfs dv `h|m fk|vtfo bf
faftjfklf mi kfz dfkficlc`tcf| ck bf ychh`jf|+ _bf|f dfkficlc`tcf|( lma~tc|ckj am|hs mi bf tvt`h
~tmhf`tc`( zftf miiftfo |a`hh ~hm| mi h`ko `ko ck vtk bfs fk|vtfo b` bf ckftf|| mi bf ~`ts
zftf |ftyfo+ _bf tcjb| mi bf |b`tfltm~~ft| mt d`tj`o`t|( zbm lvhcy`fo dvhe mi bf h`ko( zftf
`h|m hfj`hc|fo( `| ` a`ft mi ~tcmtcs( btmvjb m~ft`cmk d`tj` "bf amyfafk m tfjc|ft bf
k`af| mi bf |b`tfltm~~ft|#+ "Jvb`( 4>>25 ~7 643!6#
_bf h`kofo lh`||( am|hs lma~tc|ckj mi `d|fkff h`kohmto|( zftf lmk|coftfo m df |v~~mtft| mi bf
Lmkjtf|| `| bf|f jtmv~| b`o dfkficfo m |maf frfk itma bf `lcmk| mi bf ~`ts "Lmkjtf||#(
"Embhc( 033>5 ~7 4:
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itma bf tvt`h ~mzft |tvlvtf ~tmycofo bf L^C!A zcb ` itffb`ko ck bf lmvkts|cof
"Db``lb`ts`( 4>0>( ~~7 64!6?#?+
_bc| |mlc`h ~bfkmafkmk ~tmycof| `k ckftf|ckj ck|cjb ck vkoft|`kockj bf omack`cmk mi bf L^C!
A ck bf ~mhccl`h h`ko|l`~f mi Zf| Dfkj`h imt |vlb ` hmkj caf( zbclb c| vk~tflfofkfo ck bf
fhflmt`h bc|mts mi Ckoc`+ _bc| z`| a`of ~m||cdhf `| bf L^C!A ltf`fo ` |s|fa mi Lhcfkfhc|a
"Lb`ftgff( 4>>35 ~7 ?4# `ko oc|bfo mv i`ymvt m bm|f zbm |v~~mtfo bf ~`ts+ _bf ck|cvcmk`h
fiiflcyfkf|| mi bf hml`h jmyftkafk |tvlvtf "~`klb`s` |s|fa# `ko bf lmktmh b` bf ~`ts
fkgmsfo myft bm|f bfh~fo bf L^C!A ck fk|vtckj hfjcca`ls mi bfct `lcmk| "cdco( ~~7 ??!?6#+
Imhhmzckj c| tvt`h |v~tfa`ls ` kfz dt`ko mi hml`h ~mhccl`h hf`oft| faftjfo ck bf lmvkts|cof(
zbm zftf amtf cklhckfo ck a`ck`ckckj bf ~bs|cl`h `ko fhflmt`h omack`cmk "mi bf ~`ts#( btmvjb
if`t `ko i`ymvt( t`bft b`k dfckj cofmhmjcl`hhs lmaacfo m bf ~`ts+ @ |cach`t lh`|| mi
dfkficlc`tcf| `h|m faftjfo ck bf vtd`k `ko |fac!vtd`k `tf`|+ _bfs ~h`sfo ca~mt`k tmhf| hcef(
oc|tcdvckj |ffo|( `ko iftchc|ft| fl+ ck bf lmvkts|cof( accj`ckj oc|~vf| "cdco( ~7 ?0># imtavh`f| bf lmklf~ mi ~`ts |mlcfs bf lmk|cvfk| mi zbclb `tf fcbft bf`ychs of~fkofk mt
h`tjfhs dfkficfo ds bf `lcmk| mi bf ~`ts `ko c| a`lbckfts+ _bf `vbmt iffh| b` bf ltf`cmk mi bf ~`ts |mlcfs
~h`sfo ` |cjkcicl`k tmhf ck lmk|mhco`ckj hfi ~mzft ck Zf| Dfkj`h `ko c| vkcpvf lma~`tfo m a`ks mbft |`f| ckCkoc`( zbftf |mlc`h fhfafk| hcef l`|f( ltffo `ko tfhcjcmk `tf amtf ~tmkmvklfo `| lma~`tfo m bf |mlcf`h it`afzmte
~tfy`hfk ck Zf| Dfkj`h+
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4+4 Ck|`dchcs ck bf Tf`ha mi ^`ts Omack`cmk7
_bf omack`cmk mi bf ~`ts( zbclb z`| ckcc`hhs fycofk ck bf tvt`h `ko bfk ck bf vtd`k `tf`|(
i`lfo ck|`dchcs imt ` avhc~hclcs mi tf`|mk| mkf dfckj bf tc|ckj `|~ct`cmk| mi ` |flcmk mi bf
|mlcfs "bf kfz faftjfk lh`|| mi hf`oft|#( zbm zftf dfkficlc`tcf| mi bf vkckfttv~fo hfi tvhf+6
_bf|f fhfafk| mi bf tvt`h |mlcfs zbm scfhofo ~mzft `ko ~m|ccmk dfl`v|f mi bfct ~tmrcacs m
bf ~`ts kmz z`kfo m amyf ivtbft v~ bf |mlc`h `ko flmkmacl h`ooft9+ Bmzfyft( bftf z`| km
~tmyc|cmk m ivhich bc| `|~ct`cmk zcbck bf |mlc`h `ko bf flmkmacl |tvlvtf| b` bf ~`ts ltf`fo+
C zmvho `tjvf b` bf mdgflcyf mi bf ~`ts z`| |bmt!fta ~mhccl`h j`ck t`bft b`k hmkj fta
flmkmacl ofyfhm~afk+ Ci bf ckfkcmk mi bf ~`ts z`| m fk|vtf hmkj fta ofyfhm~afk bf
k`vt`h z`s zmvho b`yf dffk m v|f bf `jtclvhvt`h |vt~hv| imt ckov|tc`hc|`cmk+ Bmzfyft( b`
ocok b`~~fk `ko bf h`tjf |l`hf it`jafk`cmk mi h`ko fyfk ofkcfo bf dfkfic| mi flmkmacf| mi
|l`hf+ _bf `d|fklf mi bf h`kofo lh`|| ck bf tvt`h flmkmas z`| oftcafk`h m kflf||`ts l`~c`h
imta`cmk+
Ck bf tvt`h `tfk` bf ck|`dchcs z`| `h|m a`kcif|fo ds a`tjck`hc|`cmk mi bf ~f`|`kts `hbmvjb
bf mdgflcyf mi bf h`ko tfimta z`| m b`h |vlb of!~f`|`kc|`cmk+ Lfk|v| icjvtf| `y`ch`dhf itma
`ko bf \`c|cl`h B`kodmme 4>>?( Zf| Dfkj`h( D@F\( jmyftkafk mi Zf| Dfkj`h "`ko pvmfo
ck D`kftgff ) Tms( 4>>:( ~7 4>?2# |bmz b` bf kvadft mi mzkft!lvhcy`mt| ck bf |`f ofltf`|fo
ovtckj bf ~ftcmo 0330!4>>0 "itma 9?+>: h`eb| ck 0330 m 69+6? h`eb| ck 4>>0#( zbchf bf kvadft
mi `jtclvhvt`h h`dmvtft| ckltf`|fo "itma 6?+20 h`eb| ck 0330 m :>0# ds `
|cjkcicl`k ~tm~mtcmk+
6C mzf bc| `tjvafk m ` ~ft|mk`h ckft`lcmk zcb @dbctv~ \`te`t mi bf Ckoc`k \`c|cl`h Ck|cvf( Emhe``+
O`fo7 @v j 4< 4>0>+
9_bf `jt`tc`k |vllf|| ck bf ckcc`h sf`t| mi bf HI tvhf hfo m ltf`cmk mi ~tmic`dhf dv|ckf||f|( hcef lmho |mt`jf( tclf
achh| fl+( zbclb zftf km octflhs hckefo m bf h`ko dv m bf tvt`h |flmt+ _bm|f dfl`v|f mi bfct ~tmrcacs m bf ~`tsa`k`jfo m om zfhh ck bf|f `tf`| kmz `|~ctfo m amyf m kfz ftt`ck| mi flmkmacl ~tmic`dchcs+
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_bf mzkft| mi |a`hh bmhockj| zftf imtlfo m ~`t zcb bfct h`ko !! `| i`tackj ck |vlb bmhockj|
zftf km hmkjft flmkmacl`h !! `ko zmte fcbft `| |b`tfltm~~ft| mt `jtclvhvt`h h`dmvtft|+ _bc|
|bmz| b` `hbmvjb h`ko tfimta z`| |bmzl`|fo `| ` bva~ckj ~mhccl`h |vllf|| ds bf HI( c oco
km kflf||`tchs dtckj `dmv bf flmkmacl dfkfic| m bm|f imt zbma c z`| `tjffo+
Kfj`cmk mi ofamlt`cl y`hvf| of|~cf b`yckj `k fhflfo tvt`h jmyftkafk |tvlvtf z`| `h|m
`kmbft tf`|mk dfbcko bf ck|`dchcs zcbck bf tf`ha| mi bf omack`cmk mi bf ~`ts+
Oflfkt`hc|`cmk mi tvt`h ~mzft a`s b`yf dffk bf amcyf dfbcko bf cktmovlcmk mi bf ^`klb`s`
|s|fa dv ~`ts omack`cmk tf|vhfo ck c| lmklfkt`cmk mkhs zcb bm|f zbm zftf lhm|f m bf
L^C!A( bftfds of~tcyckj bf ~mmt itma mllv~sckj ~m|ccmk| mi hf`oft|bc~ "Db``lb`ts`( 4>0>(
~769#+ _bv| bf oflfkt`hc|`cmk mi tvt`h ~mzft ck Zf| Dfkj`h l`af m df |ffk | d`|fo mk `k
vk|`dhf acrvtf mi cof`hc|a `ko m~~mtvkc|a "Jvb`5 4>>2( ~~ 9:>!:0#
Imhhmzckj t`~co lmaaftlc`hc|`cmk mi bf `jtclvhvt`h |flmt `ko bf zcbot`z`h mi |vd|cocf| itma
bf `jtclvhvt`h ck~v| vkoft ~tf||vtf itma kfm!hcdft`h jhmd`hc|`cmk( bf lmktcdvcmk mi `jtclvhvtf
m i`achs cklmaf ofltf`|fo "Db``lb`ts`( 4>0>5 ~7 64#+ _bc| z`| `h|m `kmbft |mvtlf mi ck|`dchcs
zcbck bf tvt`h |flmt+ _bftf z`| ` ofa`ko imt kfz |v~~mt |tvlvtf m bfh~ bm|f zbm zftf km
`t`lfo m bf `jtclvhvt`h |flmt imt fa~hmsafk+ _bf of`tb ck gmd ltf`cmk ck bf `d|fklf mi
`ofpv`f |~ffo mi ckov|tc`hc|`cmk `h|m tf|vhfo ck ck|`dchcs ck dmb bf tvt`h `ko vtd`k `tf`|+
4+< Fadt`lckj Kfm!Hcdft`hc|a7
I`lfo zcb |vlb ck|`dchcs ck c| |v~~mt d`|f( bf HI( mkf lmvho `tjvf( mme tflmvt|f m ` ~`b mi
flmkmacl jtmzb ds lma~fckj zcb mbft |`f| mi Ckoc` ck `t`lckj ~tcy`f l`~c`h+ C zmvho `tjvf
b` bc| z`| ca~ft`cyf `| bf |`f h`lefo ck `ofpv`f l`~c`h imta`cmk kflf||`ts m |f v~
ckov|tcf|+ _bf lmkckvmv| oc|tfj`to ds bf HI mi bf kffo imt ckov|tc`hc|`cmk ck bf btff ofl`of|
mi c| tvhf `h|m lmktcdvfo m bc| i`lmt+
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_bf hfi hf`oft|bc~ ck bf |`f `tjvfo "cdco) Lb`m~`obs`s( 4>>9# b` h`ko tfimta z`| km `k
fko ck c|fhi `ko ckov|tc`hc|`cmk z`| kflf||`ts imt amyckj ckm bf kfr ~b`|f mi ofyfhm~afk+
_bv| bf ~`b mi ckov|tc`hc|`cmk imhhmzfo ds bf HI z`| d`|fo mk bf ~tcklc~hf mi kfm!hcdft`h
l`~c`hc|a( zbclb `llf~| bf omack`klf mi l`~c`h myft mbft i`lmt| mi ~tmovlcmk `ko bf |`f
jmyftkafk `h|m ~tmycofo bf kflf||`ts |v~~mt m fk|vtf bf |v~tfa`ls mi l`~c`h( ds oc|bckj mv
bvjf dfkfic| m eff~ bf l`~c`hc|| ck jmmo |f`o "Act`5 4>>:`#+ _bc| c| |mafzb` ~`t`omrcl`h `|
cofmhmjcl`hhs( bf HI `ko bf L^C "A# `tf m~~m|fo m vkifftfo hcdft`hc|`cmk `ko `h|m m bf
imta`cmk mi \FW "Avebftgff( 4>>9#+ Bmzfyft( bf `~~`tfk m~~m|ccmk mi bf ~`ts m flmkmacl
hcdft`hc|`cmk z`| ck lmkt`oclcmk m zb` bf |`f Lbcfi Ackc|ft At Db``lb`ts` b`o tfcft`fo(
b` jhmd`hc|`cmk c| kmz ` i`l mi hcif `ko mkf |bmvho ts `ko tf`~ c| dfkfic| "A`wvao`t( 4>>6#+
_bc| t`gflmts mi ofyfhm~afk `h|m a`tefo ` |cjkcicl`k |bci ck bf z`s bf L^C!A a`ck`ckfo c|
omack`cmk+ _bf amofh imhhmzfo ds bf L^C!A imt a`ks sf`t| z`| b` mi ~`tmklhcfk
tfh`cmk|bc~ zbclb z`| a`ck`ckfo ds miiftckj |a`hh i`ymvt| ck hcfv mi ymf|+ \cklf 4>>9( bf ~`ts
vkoft bf hf`oft|bc~ mi Dvoob`ofd Db``lb`ts` |zclbfo m bf amofh mi fhcf l`~vtf+ Mkf lmvho
`tjvf b` bf kfz amofh acjb b`yf fa`k`fo itma bf ckltf`|fo `|~ct`cmk mi bf L^C!A itma
dfckj ` ~`ts mi bf ~tmhf`tc` m mkf tf~tf|fkckj bf fyft fr~`kockj acoohf lh`||+ _bc| l`k df
lmk|tvfo `| dfckj vtd`k!dc`|fo tf|vhckj ck ` ymco ck |v~~mt |tvlvtf mi bf ~`ts ck bf tvt`h
`tf`|( zbclb b`| |m i`t dffk c| d`|cmk+
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_bc| `tjvafk icko| |v~~mt ck bf lma~fk|`cmk ~`le`jf miiftfo m bf `jtclvhvt`h h`dmvtft| `ko
vktfjc|ftfo d`tj`o`t| mt |b`tfltm~~ft|+ _bf|f zm jtmv~| `tf m hm|f bfct hcyfhcbmmo| ck l`|f bf
h`ko bfs lvhcy`fo z`| m df `lpvctfo imt ckov|tc`h ~tmgfl|+ _bf |b`tfltm~~ft| zftf miiftfo mkf
pv`tft mi bf h`ko y`hvf `| lma~fk|`cmk( of|~cf bf i`l b` bfs ~tmovlfo btff pv`tft| mi bf
ltm~|+ _bc| c| ck |b`t~ lmkt`| m zb` z`| mk miift imt bf h`komzkft|( am|hs kmk!lvhcy`ckj
`d|fkff h`kohmto|( zbm zftf jcyfk ~ft lfk amtf b`k bfct h`ko y`hvf "D`kftgff ) Tms( 4>>:5
~7 4>?2#+ Jcyfk bf h`tjf kvadft mi |b`tfltm~~ft| `ko jtclvhvt`h h`dmvtft|( bf HI i`lfo
amvkckj m~~m|ccmk m c| ac||cmk mi ckov|tc`hc|`cmk "Lb`kot`( 4>>25 ~7 ?3#+
_bf tfb`dchc`cmk |lbfaf| zbclb zftf miiftfo ck bf imta mi t`ckckj `ko `~~tfkclf|bc~| fl+ zftf
`h|m ck`ofpv`f jcyfk bf kvadft mi ~fm~hf ckymhyfo+ @oofo m bc| c| bf i`l b` bf
|b`tfltm~~ft| `ko h`kohf|| `jtclvhvt`h h`dmvtft|( zbm b`yf dffk ckymhyfo ck i`tackj imt
jfkft`cmk|( zmvho icko c yfts ociiclvh m `o`~ m |vlb lb`kjf| "\`v( 4>>25 ~7 00#+
Oflfkt`hc|`cmk mi bf tvt`h ~mzft |tvlvtf( zbclb z`| a`of ~m||cdhf ds bf HI btmvjb
ca~hfafk`cmk mi bf ^`klb`s`c T`g |s|fa( z`| `h|m l`hhfo imt pvf|cmk ck bf otcyf imt
ckov|tc`hc|`cmk+ _btmvjb bf hml`h jmyftkafk |tvlvtf ck bf tvt`h `tf`| ` ofamlt`cl |f v~ z`|
imtavh`fo zbftfds bf ~fm~hf hcyckj ck bf ychh`jf| zmvho b`yf bfct |`s mk bf z`s bfs hcyf `ko
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`h|m mk bfct hcyfhcbmmo+ _bc| |s|fa a`s b`yf |fyft`h |bmtlmackj|5 bf hf`| dfl`v|f mi bf
omack`cmk mi bf ~`ts ck bf tvt`h oma`ck( dv mkf l`kkm ofks bf i`l b` c ltf`fo `k
`am|~bftf mi |fhi!jmyftk`klf+ Bmzfyft( b` z`| kfj`fo ds bf z`s ckov|tc`hc|`cmk z`| af`k
m df l`ttcfo mv+ _bf hml`h ~fm~hf b`o km |`s ck bf h`ko `lpvc|ccmk ~tmlf|| `| zfhh `| ck bf
lma~fk|`cmk `ko bf tfb`dchc`cmk ~`le`jf| "Db``lb`ts`( 4>>:`#+ _bf zbmhf bckj z`| oflcofo
` bf bcjbf| hfyfh mi bf HI jmyftkafk `ko bf ~`ts+
_bf L^C!A hf`oft|bc~ ck Zf| Dfkj`h m`hhs myfthmmefo c| tvt`h lmk|cvfkls ck c| `fa~ m
t`cmk`hc|f "kfm hcdft`h# l`~c`hc|a "D`kftgff( 4>>2d5 ~7 06#+ _bf |`f ckov|ts ackc|ft Kctv~`a
\fk fyfk gv|cicfo bfct |`klf |`ckj b` ck ` a`tef flmkmas bf zc|bf| mi bf ckyf|mt zftf
|v~tfaf "^`b`e( 4>>9#+ _bc| bcjbhcjbfo bf ~`t`omr dfzffk bf ~`ts| cofmhmjs `ko zb` c
~t`lc|fo+ Mkf lmvho `tjvf b` bc| ~`t`omr of~hffo bf ~`ts mi c| amt`h `vbmtcs m `l `| `
lv|moc`k mi bf tvt`h lmaavkcs( zbclb ~tmycofo c kflf||`ts |v~~mt m tfa`ck ck ~mzft+
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`llf~ zb`fyft z`| oflcofo ds fcbft ~`ts miiclc`h| mt bm|f zbm tf~tf|fkfo bf HI ` bf
^`klb`s`| "Db``lb`ts`( 4>>:d#+ @hbmvjb( bf Lbcfi Ackc|ft `oacfo b` |vlb `
lmaavkcl`cmk j`~ z`| ` ac|`ef "Lb`m~`obs`s( 4>>:# sf |vlb oflc|cmk!a`eckj tfa`ckfo
zcbck bf oma`ck mi bf fhcf( bf acoohf lh`|| ~mhclsa`eft| `ko bf afoc` lmaafk`mt|
"Db`ovtc( 4>>35 ~7 :3#+
\vlb `k `cvof mi bm|f ` bf bfha ckihclfo ` |fk|f mi ck|vh `amkj bf tvt`h lmaavkcs(
f|~flc`hhs bm|f zbm mzkfo |a`hh ~hm| mi h`ko+ Imt bf i`taft|( zbm `ef jtf` ~tcof ck lvhcy`cmk
imt jfkft`cmk| `ko b`yf dffk caafk|fhs dfkficfo ds z`s mi fa~hmsafk `ko cklmaf( kmz imvko
bfa|fhyf| ck ` ~tfl`tcmv| |cv`cmk mi dfckj imtlfo m om afkc`h gmd| m i`lchc`f dfft hcyf| imt bf
vtd`k acoohf lh`||+ _bf ~tclf dfckj miiftfo imt h`ko l`kkm df `ks |vd|cvf m bf |fk|f mi i`achs
|flvtcs `ko |mlc`h f|ffa b` c "h`ko# ~tmycof| m bf i`tackj lh`|| "\`v( 4>>2( ~7 00#+
_bc| ck|vh imvko c| z`s mv ck ociiftfk fhflcmk|( of|~cf bf L^C!A b`yckj |tmkj a`lbckfts m
amdchc|f |v~~mtft|+ Ck i`l( bm|f ~fm~hf zbm b`yf mklf amdchc|fo |v~~mt imt bf ~`ts( kmz zftf
`k`jmkc|fo `| bf amt`h ~mhccl`h flmkmas zbclb ~tfy`chfo ck bf tvt`h `tf`| ! b` bf L^C!A
zmvho hmme `ift bf ~mmt ! z`| `tkc|bfo `ko bc| z`| `h|m tfihflfo ck |maf mi bf vtd`k `ko |fac!
vtd`k lmk|cvfklcf|( omack`fo ds bf ~tmhf`tc`| "\`ks`h( 4>>3#+
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0330`ko 4>>6( c kf`ths b`hyfo c| zmteimtlf ovtckj bf |`co ~ftcmo "Db`ovtc( 4>>35 ~7 00>#
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@ift b`yckj cjkmtfo bc| kfz jfkft`cmk mi vkfa~hmsfo tvt`h smvb imt myft btff ofl`of| kmz(
bf HI jmyftkafk( ck mtoft m lmk`ck ` jtmzckj oc||`c|i`lcmk( b`| kmz i`hhfk imt bf tf`ochs
`y`ch`dhf m~cmk ckov|tc`h ~tmgfl| `ko bf \FW| miiftfo ds bf lmt~mt`f a`jk`f|( zbclb `tf
dfckj ~`hafo mii ds bf L^C!A ackc|ft| `| bf ckov|tc`h vm~c` zbftf bf tvt`h smvb zmvho icko
gmd|+
_bc| c| dfckj omkf cjkmtckj bf i`l b` bf|f smvkj ~fm~hf( ef~ vkt`ckfo ck `ks |echh| `hh bf|f
sf`t| ds `k vkl`tckj HI jmyftkafk( l`k kfyft df fa~hmsfo ck bf|f ckov|tc`h fkft~tc|f|( zbclb
kffo bcjbhs |echhfo ~ft|mkkfh+ _bc| |fk|f mi kfjhfl `h|m lmktcdvfo m bf ~m~vh`t ~tmf| `j`ck|
bf L^C!A+
@| c| dfckj fycofk itma bf `k`hs|c| |m i`t( bf HI itmk( z`k| m |f v~ ckov|tcf| imt ltf`cmk mi
gmd| dv km imt bf ~fm~hf zbm imtafo bf lmtf mi c| |v~~mt d`|f dmb ck bf tvt`h `ko vtd`k `tf`|+
Ck|f`o( c z`kfo m ckycf ~tcy`f l`~c`h m `t`l bf acoohf lh`||+ _bf faftjfk acoohf lh`|| `tf
kmk!cofmhmjcl`h `ko tf|vh!mtcfkfo "O`|( 4>>4( ~7 426#+ C zmvho `tjvf b` hcef bc| faftjfk lh`||(
bf L^C!A kmz z`k| m itff c|fhi itma bf |b`lehf| mi cofmhmjs( zbclb z`| mklf btv| v~mk bf
~fm~hf ds bf ~`ts+ _bc| `k`jmkc|a dfzffk bf cofmhmjs `ko bf ~t`lclf c| tf|vhckj ck lmkihcl(
zbclb c| dfckj a`kcif|fo ds ~m~vh`t ~tmf||+
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Lb`~ft ?
@k`hs|ckj ^m~vh`t ^tmf|7 @ _bfmtfcl`h ^ft|~flcyf
Zbs bf HI jmyftkafk( zbclb `om~fo c| Kfz Ckov|tc`h ^mhcls ck 033?( zfk myftdm`to zcb c|
otcyf imt ckov|tc`hc|`cmk `ift 4>>9 `ko bf tf`|mk| dfbcko bf ~m~vh`t vktf| b` imhhmzfo( c| `
a`ft imt ckfk|f ~mhccl`h `ko flmkmacl ofd`f+ \m i`t zf b`yf tcfo m `k`hs|f bc| d`|fo mk
fa~ctcl`h fycofklf+ Ck bc| lb`~ft zf zchh ts m a`~ ` bfmtfcl`h ca`jfts `k`hs|ckj zbs |vlb
vktf| imhhmzfo( of|~cf bf HI dfckj ck ~mzft imt `ham| myft btff ofl`of|+3Bmzfyft( jcyfk bf
lma~hfrcs mi bf |cv`cmk ~v imtz`to ds bf |tf`a mi fyfk| ` \ckjvt `ko K`kocjt`a c c|
ociiclvh m ~m|c bf `k`hs|c| zcbck bf ~`t`afft| mi ` |~flcicl bfmtfcl`h it`afzmte+
?+0 Ltc|c| mi Bfjfamks7
_bf Jt`a|lc`k `k`hs|c| mi bfjfamks b`| j`ckfo ~tmackfklf ck bf `k`hs|c| mi bf ltc|c| b` bf HI
i`lf| ck Zf| Dfkj`h+ _bf fyfk| b` hfo m bf oflhckf mi bf hfi ck bf |`f b`~~fkfo ck `
a`kkft b` lh`||cl`hhs a`lbf| bf ltc|c| ck bfjfamks ck bf Jt`a|lc`k |fk|f0>!! zbfk myftkcjb
bvkotfo| `ko bmv|`ko| mi ~fm~hf amyf `z`s itma bf ~`ts b` mklf tf~tf|fkfo bfa+
\vlb ` ltc|c|( ck bf `vbmtcs mi bf tvhckj lh`||( b`~~fk| zbfk bfs hmm|f bf lmk|fk mi bf
a`||f| mt zbfk bftf c| ` amdchc|`cmk mi bf |vdmtock`f lh`|| "mt lh`||f|# `j`ck| bf omack`k
lh`||+ @llmtockj m Jt`a|lc( |vlb ` ltc|c| a`kcif|| c|fhi zbfk ~`ts tf~tf|fk`cyf| "bf omack`k
mt bf tvhckj lh`||# dflmaf of`lbfo itma bf |mlc`h lh`||f| `ko bc| mifk m~fk| bf z`s imt `hh
ecko| mi ofa`jmjvf| ko `oyfkvtft| m lmaf imtb `ko l`|b ck mk bf oc|lmkfk+ _bf tvhckj lh`||
3Mkf lmvho `tjvf b` bf ~m~vh`t vktf| |faafo itma bf `kc cklvadfkls i`lmt+ Bmzfyft( bf fa~`cmk m tvhf c
mv fymhyf| itma bf i`l b` bf HI b`| dffk ck ~mzft ck Zf| Dfkj`h |cklf 03:: `ko `ks fhfafk mi `kc cklvadfkls
zmvho b`yf dffk a`kcif|fo zcbck |vlb ` hmkj ~ftcmo mi caf+ Zbchf bftf b`| dffk |maf lb`hhfkjf| m bf HI tvhf
myft bf ~`| ofl`of| dv b` z`| km |viiclcfk fkmvjb m of|`dchc|f bf hfi omack`cmk ck bf |`f+
0>C mzf bc| `tjvafk `ko bf |vd|fpvfk `k`hs|c| m ` ~ft|mk`h ckft`lcmk zcb @ocs` Kcj`a "fa`ch( o`fo Gvkf 44(
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bfk `fa~| m tf`||ft c| lmktmh ds pvfhhckj `ks m~~m|ccmk m c| `vbmtcs( zbclb a`s `h|m hf`o
m ycmhfklf+
_bf fyfk| b` mme ~h`lf ` \ckjvt `ko K`kocjt`a fk|fadhf |vlb `k `tjvafk+ Bmzfyft( mkf
kffo| m lhm|fhs hmme ` bf ofyfhm~afk| b` a`s b`yf lmktcdvfo m |vlb ` ltc|c|+ _bc| `h|m
kflf||c`f| `k `k`hs|c| `| m zbfbft bf omack`klf b` bf ~`ts fkgmsfo ck Zf| Dfkj`h c|
|cach`t m bf bfjfamks `| of~clfo ds Jt`a|lc+
Bfjfamks m Jt`a|lc af`k| hf`oft|bc~ mi bf lh`|| `hhc`klf "Imtj`l| 4>>>5 ~7 ?44#+ C c| amtf
hckefo m lmk|fk "~ft|v`|cmk# `| `j`ck| lmftlcmk `ko octflcmk "hf`oft|bc~# `| `j`ck| omack`cmk
"cdco( ~7 ?4>>5 ~7 ?4
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Bmzfyft( bf ~mhclcf| `om~fo ds bf HI ck bf |`f imt bf ~`| btff ofl`of| zftf jvcofo am|hs
ds lh`|| tfh`cmk| `ko c cklhvof| h`ko tfimta| `| zfhh `| bf tflfk otcyf imt ckov|tc`hc|`cmk+00
_bf ltc|c| ck bf Jt`a|lc`k bfjfamks l`k df fkvaft`fo mk zm lmvk|+ Ict|hs( imt Jt`a|lc( bf
|vdmtock`fo lh`||f| `llf~ bf omack`k lh`|| "`h|m# `| bf ckfhhflv`h( lvhvt`h `ko amt`h hf`oft mi
bf |mlcfs "cdco)\`ks`h7 4>>:5 ~7 4:#+ Mkf lmvho `tjvf b` bf ~tmlf|| mi h`ko `lpvc|ccmk ck bf
lmvkts|cof imt ckov|tc`hc|`cmk m`hhs of~hffo bf ~`ts mi bf amt`h `ko lvhvt`h hf`oft|bc~ mi bf
~f`|`k lmaavkcs+
_bf amt`h hf`oft|bc~ mi bf ~`ts z`| ~v m pvf|cmk `| bftf zftf omvd| zcbck bf tvt`h |mlcfs
`| m zbfbft bf ckov|tc`hc|`cmk ~tmgfl b` bf HI fkyc|`jfo z`| ` `hh dfkficlc`h m bfa+ Mkf
|bmvho eff~ ck acko b` imt Jt`a|lc( bfjfamks ~tf|v~~m|f| b` bf ckftf|| `ko fkofklcf| mi
bf |vdmtock`f jtmv~| `tf `efk ckm `llmvk "Imtj`l| 4>>>5 ~7 ?4?#+
Imt bf tvt`h lmaavkcs h`ko c| mi ~`t`amvk ca~mt`klf `ko c| mzkft|bc~ c| |ffk `| ` |`v|
|sadmh itma bf |mlcm!lvhvt`h ~mck mi ycfz+ _`eckj `z`s b` h`ko( mt fyfk `fa~ckj m om |m(
cttf|~flcyf mi zb` bf lma~fk|`cmk a`s df( lb`hhfkjfo bf `vbmtcs mi bf ~`ts m ~tmycof bf
lvhvt`h hf`oft|bc~ f|~flc`hhs ck bf tvt`h |mlcfs+
\flmkohs( c b`| dffk ~mckfo mv ds a`ks hfi bckeft| b` `ttmj`klf `ko lma~h`lfklf zcbck bf
~`ts `h|m tf|vhfo ck ~m~vh`t ~tmf|( hf`ockj m c| fhflmt`h ofd`lhf "O`` Jv~`( 4>>3#+ Mkf
lmvho `tjvf b` bf|f "`ttmj`klf `ko lma~h`lfklf# tf|vhfo itma ` |fk|f mi omack`cmk `ko km
bfjfamks ck bf Jt`a|lc`k |fk|f+ Omack`cmk c| cktck|cl`hhs tfh`fo m bf v|f mi imtlf `ko c|
`~~hcl`cmk imt tf`ckckj lmktmh a`s hf`o m ycmhfklf "cdco#+ _bc| b`| dffk ` if`vtf mi bf hfi tvhf
ck Zf| Dfkj`h ck bf z`ef mi bf ycmhfklf b` ftv~fo zbfkfyft bf |v~tfa`ls mi bf L^C!A b`|
00Mkf mi bf a`gmt `tjvafk| ~v imtz`to ds bf HI jmyftkafk ck |v~~mt mi ckov|tc`hc|`cmk c| bf i`l b` a`ks
~fm~hf ck bf tvt`h lmaavkcs kmz omk z`k m ~vt|vf ` l`tfft ck `jtclvhvtf imt ` avhc~hclcs mi tf`|mk| "fr~h`ckfo
f`thcft#+ Mkf lmvho |ff `k fhfafk mi lh`|| `k`hs|c| dfbcko bf amcyf imt ckov|tc`hc|`cmk( zbclb( `llmtockj m bf hfihf`oft|( zmvho fk|vtf b` lft`ck |flcmk mi bf ~m~vh`cmk amyf itma mkf lh`|| t`gflmts m bf mbft c+f+ itma bf
`jtclvhvt`h m bf ckov|tc`h ftt`ck+
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ckov|tc`hc|`cmk+ Kmz c c| `ham| fycofk b` bf ~mhh tf|vh| ck i`ymvt mi bf HI ck 4>>9 zftf km
fkomt|fafk imt ckov|tc`hc|`cmk ckcc`fo ds bf ~`ts imhhmzckj kfm!hcdft`h ~`b `ko tf|vhckj ck
frlhv|cmk+ Ck i`l( mkf lmvho `tjvf b` bf ~mhh mvlmaf z`| ztmkjhs ckft~tffo `| ` ~m~vh`t
|v~~mt ck i`ymvt mi bf ~`b imhhmzfo ds bf HI imt ckov|tc`hc|`cmk
@hbmvjb bf cafit`af mi mvt lvttfk `k`hs|c| c| oc|cklhs ociiftfk itma bf bfmtfcl`h lmk|tvl
v|fo ds Jvb` sf mkf lmvho cofkcis |maf |cach`tcs dfzffk bf |cv`cmk mi lmhmkc`h Ckoc` `ko b`
zbclb ~tfy`chfo ` K`kocjt`a `ko \ckjvt+04
04_bf oc|cklcmk hcf| ck bf i`l b` Jvb` cofkcicf| bf omack`klf!|vdmtock`cmk tfh`cmk|bc~ ck bf lmkfr mi `
cafit`af( zbftf bf tmhf mi l`~c`h z`| a`tjck`h ck bf amof mi ~tmovlcmk `ko ck bf lvttfk lmkfr l`~c`h c| `hh~fty`|cyf+
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Ck bf it`afzmte mi |vlb `k `k`hs|c| mkf lmvho `h|m |ff bf ~m~vh`t ~tmf| b` imhhmzfo h`ko
`lpvc|ccmk `| tf|c|`klf "B`skf| ) ^t`e`|b( 03305 ~~ 0!>:5
~7 46?#+
Ck lmkt`| m bf t`occmk`h A`trc| ~mhccl`h flmkmas `k`hs|c| mi vkoftofyfhm~afk tf|vhckj itma
fr~hmc`cmk "ds z`s mi frt`lcmk `ko `~~tm~tc`cmk mi |vt~hv|#( \`ks`h cofkcicf| bf `dchcs mi
l`~c`h m kfjmc`f bf |mlc`h `ko flmkmacl ftt`ck| mi bm|f zbm `tf mv|cof bf oma`ck mi
l`~c`hc| amof mi ~tmovlcmk `ko sf lmkckvf zcb bf ~tmlf|| mi ~tcaccyf `llvavh`cmk "cdco#+
_bf oc|~m||f||fo( bm|f zbm tfa`ck mv|cof bf oma`ck mi bf l`~c`hc| amof mi ~tmovlcmk( `tf
lmkickfo zcbck( zb` \`ks`h of|ltcdf| `|( bf kffo flmkmas "cdco5 ~~7 406#+0?Bf bcjbhcjb| bc|
`| |tfkjb mi bf l`~c`h( zbclb l`ttcf| mv ~tcaccyf `llvavh`cmk of|~cf bf ~tf|fklf mi ` kmk!
0>2( ~7
6
ds bf Ckoc`k hfi+
?+? Kfz \mlc`h Amyfafk| `ko @k`jmkc|a7
\mlc`h amyfafk| amdchc|f |mlc`h ~mzft m v|bft ck |mlc`h t`k|imta`cmk+ Kfz |mlc`h amyfafk|
`tf kfz ofamlt`cl |tvjjhf| `| bfs |ffe m fk|vtf fpv`hcs "Amviif( 0322( ~~7 23!0>>#+ @ks
|mlc`h tfh`cmk( zbclb c| |vdgflfo m |vdmtock`cmk( a`s ckymhyf `k`jmkc|a+ Ck bf ~tf|fklf mi `
kfz |mlc`h amyfafk( |vlb `k`jmkc|a c| tfihflfo `j`ck| bf bfjfamkcl imta`cmk( zbclb c|
06^`tb` Lb`ftgff "4>>2( ~7 66# |`s| b` bf dfkfic| ~tmycofo m bf ~mmt ~fm~hf fcbft ck bf imta mi |vd|coc|fo
immo( fa~hmsafk jv`t`kff mt f`|s ltfoc itma bf jmyftkafk mt kmk!jmyftkafk`h mtj`kc|`cmk| c| `cafo `
lma~fk|`ckj imt bf kfj`cyf ca~`l b` ~tcaccyf `llvavh`cmk acjb b`yf b`o mk bfa+
09Dsjmyftkafk`hcs( C tfift m ~tmovlcmk mi lccwfk| ds bf |`f `ko t`k|ifttckj m bfa bf tcjb| mi bf lccwfkts+
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|vdyft|cyf mi ofamlt`ls+ Bftf C `h|m dtckj ck bf avhc~hf |vdgflcyccf| mi ckocycov`h| `|
fkyc|`jfo ds Amviif "cdco5~~7 23!3># `| m~~m|fo m lh`|| tfovlcmkc|a mi bf lh`||cl`h A`trc||+
_bc| fk`ch| b` bf |`af ckocycov`h l`k df ~`t mi ~tmf|| mtj`kc|fo vkoft y`tcmv| |mlc`h
amyfafk|+
Ck bf d`leotm~ mi |vlb ` it`afzmte( mkf lmvho `tjvf b` ~tmf|| ck Zf| Dfkj`h `h|m fa`k`fo
itma bf `k`jmkc|a mi y`tcmv| |mlc`h amyfafk|( "`j`ck| mkf mt amtf omack`k imta`cmk|#
zbclb `tf ` ~h`s ` ociiftfk |mlcf`h hfyfh|+ Ociiftfk |mlc`h amyfafk| a`s b`yf ocyft|f
mdgflcyf| dv mkf lmvho cofkcis ` lmaamk |tckj mi m~~m|ccmk m bf `lcmk mi bf bfjfamkcl
imta`cmk "bftf bf HI jmyftkafk#+ "D`yc|e`t( 4>>6( ~~7 096#+
_bf |mlc`h amyfafk| lmvho t`kjf itma bf yvhkft`dhf ~fm~hf( y`tcmv| ~mhccl`h ~`tcf| zcb
ociiftckj cofmhmjcf|( `lcyc|| m~~m|fo m jtmzb d`|fo mk kfm!hcdft`hc|a( fkyctmkafk`hc|| `ko bf
hcef|+ Bfklf c c| ociiclvh m `k`hs|f bfa zcbck bf ~`t`afft| mi ` |ckjhf k`tt`cyf "Kcfh|fk(
4>>3( ~~7 ?9:#( t`bft bfs kffo m df vkoft|mmo `| myfth`~~ckj |~bftf| zcbck bf dtm`oft |~`lf
mi amyfafk+
@| fyfk| ck K`kocjt`a `ko \ckjvt b`yf ofamk|t`fo( lmkyftjfklf mi bf|f amyfafk| lmvho
ckfk|cis bf ~tmf| `ko avv`h ociiftfklf| lmvho ltf`f fk|cmk `amkj bf myfth`~~ckj |~bftf|+
Bmzfyft( `tcdvckj bf ~m~vh`t amdchc|`cmk m mkf |ckjhf k`tt`cyf lmvho df oftcafk`h ck
vkoft|`kockj bf tf`h a`jkcvof mi |vlb amyfafk| "cdco( ~7 ?92#+ C zmvho `tjvf b` bf z`s ds
zbclb bf HI ~v bf mkv| mi bf ck|`dchcs fkctfhs mk bf _AL `ko bf A`mc|| tf|vhfo ck c|
ck`dchcs m lma~tfbfko bf tf`h |l`hf mi bf vktf| `ko bc| `h|m lmktcdvfo m bf |tfkjbfkckj mi
bf ~m~vh`t ~tmf|+
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Lcych \mlcfs `ko ^m~vh`t ^tmf|
_bf ~m~vh`t ~tmf| b` ftv~fo ck Zf| Dfkj`h imhhmzckj bf amyf imt h`ko `lpvc|ccmk imt |fckj
v~ ckov|tcf| tf`lbfo ` lvhack`cmk zcb bf ckfhhflv`h| `eckj m bf |tff| `j`ck| bf `lcmk| mi
bf L^C!A l`otf|( zbm l`ttcfo mv t`co| ` K`kocjt`a m otcyf mv bfct ~mhccl`h m~~mkfk|+ @| C
b`yf |`fo ck bf cktmovlcmk( ` bvjf t`hhs z`| mtj`kc|fo ck Emhe`` mk Kmyfadft 0?( 4>>:( zbclb
z`| `fkofo ds ckfhhflv`h| cofmhmjcl`hhs `ko ~mhccl`hhs |v~~mtcyf mi bf L^C!A imt ofl`of|+ _bf
ckfhhflv`h| ~tmf|fo `j`ck| bf bcjb!b`kofokf|| mi bf L^C!A( cjkmtckj bf zc|bf| mi bf ~fm~hf
mi K`kocjt`a+
_bc| t`hhs `ko bf |vd|fpvfk fyfk| ~mtt`sfo bf |bci ck bf ~m|ccmk| mi ` h`tjf |flcmk mi bf lcych
|mlcfs "ckfhhflv`h|# ck bf |`f+ C b`yf `tjvfo b` bc| |bci ck bf ~m|ccmk| c| bf a`kcif|`cmk mi
` ltc|c| fkjvhickj bf hfi ck Zf| Dfkj`h+ Ck bf f`thcft lb`~ft| C b`yf tcfo m cofkcis bf ltc|c|(
icko mv bf tf`|mk| dfbcko c `ko k`hs|f bf |vd|fpvfk ~tmf|| b` imhhmzfo+ As fkof`ymvt
kmz zmvho df m chhv|t`f bf ca~`l mi bf `lcmk mi bf ckfhhflv`h|+ Bmzfyft( m dfjck zcb mkf
kffo| m `||f|| bf k`vtf mi bf ckfhhflv`h| ck Zf| Dfkj`h+
6+0Dfkj`hc Ckfhhflv`h| `ko bf Hfi7
_t`occmk`hhs( bf Dfkj`hc ckfhhflv`h| b`yf dffk ~mhccl`hhs yfts lmk|lcmv| `ko a`ks mi bfa b`yf
fyfk dffk ~`t mi bf ~mhcclm!lvhvt`h amyfafk| ck Ckoc`+ @| bf bc|mts mi Ckoc`k ckof~fkofklf
zmvho |bmz( Dfkj`h "vkocycofo bfk# ofyfhm~fo ` tfjcmk`h ckfhhcjfk|c` ~tcmt m bf imta`cmk mi
bf Lmkjtf|| ^`ts mt bf `ttcy`h mi J`kobc ck bf ~mhccl`h |`jf+ _bc| fhcf lh`|| amdchcwfo Dfkj`hc
k`cmk`hc|a dv ocok ivhhs ckfjt`f ckm bf h`tjft amyfafk imt Ckoc`k ckof~fkofklf "Embhc(
033>( ~~7 4:>!4:0#( bv| ~tfifttckj m a`ck`ck ` oc|ckl cofkcs+
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Bc|mtcl`hhs( Lmkjtf|| kfyft b`o ` |tmkj immbmho ck Dfkj`h `ko ` h`tjf |flcmk mi bf Dfkj`hc fhcf
myfthmmefo bf ~`ts m ts t`ocl`h k`cmk`hc|a `ko achc`k ~mhccl| "cdco#+ Fyfk zcbck bf Lmkjtf||
a`ks mi bf t`ocl`h fhfafk| zftf itma vkocycofo Dfkj`h `ko ckihvfklfo ds bf Lmaavkc|
cofmhmjs+ Mkf lmvho `ef bc| `| ` ~mckft m bf |v~~mt b` bf hfi cofmhmjs fkgmsfo `amkj bf
Dfkj`hc|+
_bc| z`| fkb`klfo imhhmzckj ckof~fkofklf `| a`ks Dfkj`hc| dh`af bf Lmkjtf|| imt bf ~`tccmk
ck 03?: `ko bf tf|vh`k oc|~h`lfafk mi ~fm~hf+ _bf fhcf| mi Emhe`` "am|hs Bckov|#( zbm hm|
bfct h`kofo ~tm~ftcf| imhhmzckj ~`tccmk zftf `k`jmkc|fo `j`ck| bf Lmkjtf||+ _bfs zftf gmckfo
ds bf bvkotfo| mi Bckov tfivjff| itma ft|zbchf F`| ^`ec|`k( zbm ocok b`yf `ks `llf|| m h`ko
dv zftf fovl`fo `ko |mlc`hhs lmk|lcmv| "T`s( 03335 ~7 6>#+ _bc| chfo bf ckfhhflv`h| `ko bf
fovl`fo acoohf lh`|| ivtbft `j`ck| bf Lmkjtf||+ C bfh~fo bf hfi ~`tcf| m lmk|mhco`f |v~~mt
`amkj bf Dfkj`hc ~m~vh`cmk+ _bf cofkcs mi Emhe`` | ` t`ocl`h `ko `kc!ca~ftc`hc| lcs z`|
`h|m zfhh ekmzk "Jvb` 4>>25 ~7 09
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6+4 Ckfhhflv`h| `ko Lhcfkfhc|a7
@llmtockj m @kmkcm Jt`a|lc( bf oma`ck mi bf lcych |mlcfs c| km octflhs ~`t mi bf |`f
"Imtj`l| 4>>>5 ~7 ?4>#+ Bmzfyft( ck Zf| Dfkj`h bf ckfhhcjfk|c` z`| hckefo "cofmhmjcl`hhs(
amt`hhs `ko ck |maf l`|f| ~bs|cl`hhs# m bf L^C "A# fyfk `ift c `||vafo ~mzft ck bf |`f+ Mkf
l`k |ff bc| ~tmrcacs `| `k mvlmaf mi |maf mi bf ~tmjtf||cyf |f~| `efk ds bf jmyftkafk(
c+f+ h`ko tfimta( bf cktmovlcmk mi bf hml`h jmyftkafk |tvlvtf ck bf tvt`h `tf`| fl+ A`ks
ckfhhflv`h| `h|m d`lefo bf HI dfl`v|f mi ~vtf cofmhmjcl`h tf`|mk|( `| `kc!Lmkjtf||c|a z`| bfk
bf mtoft mi bf o`s imt bf t`ocl`h| `ko bm|f zbm zftf `kc!f|`dhc|bafk+ _bf L^C!A dfkficfo
itma c| ~tmrcacs zcb bf ckfhhflv`h| `| bf Dfkj`hc acoohf lh`|| z`| ckihvfklfo ds bf `lcmk|
mi bf ckfhhcjfk|c`+
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L^C!A `ko bf ckfhhcjfk|c`( zcb bm|f lhm|f m bf hfi kmack`fo m ckfhhflv`h ~m|ccmk| mi
~tf|cjf `ko i`af( f|~flc`hhs ck `tf`| hcef fovl`cmk "Avebm~`obs`s( 4>>:#+ Imta`cmk mi |vlb `
|sadcmcl tfh`cmk dfzffk bf ~`ts `ko bf ckfhhcjfk|c` `ko bf `d|fklf mi ` yc`dhf m~~m|ccmk ck
bf |`f tf|vhfo ck bf faftjfklf mi ` kfz dt`ko mi ckfhhflv`h|+ A`gmtcs mi bc| kfz dtffo mi
ckfhhflv`h|( cklhvockj `lmt|( `l`ofacl| fl( zftf km cofmhmjcl`hhs lmaacfo m bf ~`ts dv
z`kfo m v|f bfct lmkkflcmk zcb bf ~fm~hf ck ~mzft imt l`tfft ckftf|| "D`kftgff( 4>0>( ^7 4>#+
_bf ~`tmk!lhcfk tfh`cmk|bc~ dfl`af amtf ckfk|f `| bf ~`ts v|fo bf|f ckfhhflv`h|( a`ks mi
zbma zftf ~tmif||cmk`h lfhfdtccf| zcbmv cofmhmjcl`h cklhck`cmk( imt dffickj v~ ~m~vh`t |v~~mt
ck c| i`ymvt f|~flc`hhs imhhmzckj bf ltc|c| ck bf hfi+
A`ks md|ftyft| `tf mi bf ycfz b` bf ~`tc|`k `cvof| `efk ds bf HI ck `tf`| hcef lvhvtf(
fovl`cmk fl+ ltf`fo ` lh`|| zbm i`ymvtfo |`v| pvm `| bfs zftf octfl dfkficlc`tcf| mi bf hfi
tvhf+ _bc| z`| `h|m tf~hcl`fo ck bf tvt`h `tf`| zbftf ~tca`ts |lbmmh f`lbft| faftjfo `| bf fhcf
`ko zftf v|fo m dmm| ~m~vh`t |v~~mt imt bf ~`ts ck bf tvt`h `tf`| "Db``lb`ts`( 4>0>( ~7 66#+
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_bf L^C!A( zbclb v|fo if`t `ko i`ymvt m fk|vtf c| ~mhccl`h omack`cmk ck bf tvt`h `tf`|( `h|m
tf|mtfo m bf |`af `lcl|( `hdfc zcb hm amtf |m~bc|cl`cmk( ck bf vtd`k ~mhccl`h oma`ck+
6+< Bfjfamks ck Vtd`k ^mhccl|7
_bf ckihvfklf mi bf L^C!A ck bf vtd`k ~mhccl`h ftt`ck z`| |m ckfk|f b` Emhe``| ~mhccl`h icfho
z`| lmk|coftfo m df bfjfamkcl "T`s( 03335 ~7 00#0:+ _bc| ca~hcf| b` ck Emhe`` bftf z`| yfts
hchf |~`lf imt mbft| mt |vd!mtock`f fhfafk| m f|`dhc|b bfa|fhyf| `ko |vtycyf+ _bf L^C!A
vchc|fo c| bfjfamkcl ~tf|fklf m lmktmh y`tcmv| fhfafk| zcbck bf vtd`k |mlcfs+
_bf k`vtf mi Emhe``| ~mhccl`h icfho `h|m lmktcdvfo m bc| fko `| c z`| a`tefo ds bf
~tfomack`klf mi ~`ts ~mhccl| "cdco( ~7 64# `ko bfklf kmk!~`ts ~mhccl`h imta`cmk| `| zfhh `|
`vmkmamv| ckftf| jtmv~| zftf km hfi zcb avlb |~`lf ck bf lcs+ _bc| tf|vhfo ck bf
mtj`kc|`cmk mi y`tcmv| jtmv~| vkoft bf vadtfhh` mi ~mhccl`h ~`tcf|+ \vlb itmk`h mtj`kc|`cmk|
`h|m bfh~fo ck bf fr~`k|cmk mi bf oma`ck mi ckihvfklf mi bf L^C!A+
Zcb bf ~tf|fklf mi bf L^C!A `| bf bfjfamkcl ~mhccl`h imtlf ck bf vtd`k |~`lf `ko bf `d|fklf
mi kmk!~`ts ~mhccl`h imta`cmk|( bf kfz dtffo mi ckfhhflv`h| b`o km lbmclf dv m a`ck`ck bfct
~tmrcacs m bf ~`ts imt i`ymvt| m ihmvtc|b ck bfct tf|~flcyf icfho|+ C zmvho `tjvf b` bc| lmvho
df bf tf`|mk `| m zbs bc| dtffo mi ckfhhflv`h| a`ck`ckfo bfct ~tmrcacs zcb bf ~`ts "`ko
`h|m bf |`f vkoft bf L^C!A#( bmvjb c| ck lmkt`oclcmk zcb bf Jt`a|lc`k ofickccmk mi lcych
|mlcfs+
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oc|tcdvcmk mi ~mzft+ "~74>#
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Bmzfyft( bf kfz dtffo mi ckfhhflv`h| `ko ~tmif||cmk`h|( zbclb lbm|f m a`ck`ck bfct ~tmrcacs
zcb bf ~`ts imt fkb`klckj bfct l`tfft ckftf||( ofifkofo bf ~mhcls mi h`ko `lpvc|ccmk imt
ckov|tc`hc|`cmk( of|~cf bf ~hcjb mi bf ~mmt ~fm~hf "D`kftgff( 4>0>5 ~7 4>#+ _bc| hfo m ` z`t mi
zmto| dfzffk bm|f zbm |v~~mtfo bf yft|cmk mi hfic|a `| ~tm~`j`fo ds bf L^C!A `ko bm|f
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