Cronkite
Do you feel, Sir Hartley, that the search for communists in the United States, whether it is good or bad for the United States, has hurt United States' prestige overseas?
Shawcross
Well, you know, that's a very awkward question for me to answer, because the one thing I'm most anxious about, that no one should think that even by implication I'm criticizing American policy in regard to these matters, but I do feel and, I suppose if you do ask me, I must say so, that there is a great deal of anxiety, possibly due to misunderstanding in Europe, about some of things which have been occurring here. because we're accustomed to look to the United States, and I hope we always shall, as a citadel of freedom.