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Australia was not so much fearful of Communism, but more because it was associated with oppressive totalitarian governments and dictatorships that did not sit well with our national conscience.

The USA on the other hand had mass hysteria and conducted witch hunts and show trials for alleged Communists. An allegation of being a Communist, or sympathising with Communist ideals was all it took, no proof. All done in the traditions of the Stalinist purges of the 1930's.

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