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From
K.R.Athiyaman

To

The Editor,
Readers Digest

Dear Sir,

I am a long time reader and admirer of RD.Most of the
articles are objective, informative and unbiased.

Since your political views are right of center (I have no
objection to them), you have published a number of articles
justifying the American involvement in the Vietnam war.
It is not an unbiased or neutral viewpoint.Millions of Americans
(including Bill Clinton) had opposed the war vehemently.

There can be no justification (moral or ideological)
for the war.Questions about National sovereignty and
human right violations are not raised in your columns.
Just imagine if Mexico or Argentina had intervened
similarly in the American civil war of 1860s!
That after all these years, RD still tries in vain to
justify the sordid chapter in American history is ironical.
But I support American actions in Yugoslavia and and
I am not a communist.

While you publish articles about the private lives of
Mao Tse Tung,Castro and other left wing dictators,
no word about the personal affairs of John.F.Kennedy,
who was equally bad in his abuse of women.
It is not an objective or unbiased viewpoint.

Anyway if you can correct these flaws, RD will
be a truly great magazine.

I have enclosed an article about the havoc wrecked
in India in the name of socialism.

Thanking You,

With Regards,
K.R.Athiyaman.