The U.S. has given Iran loans and Point Four money, and has attempted to be helpful to that country in many other ways. But we appear to have succeeded only in making ourselves misunderstood. Our motives are suspect. It is becoming unsafe for Americans to appear on the streets of Tehran.

It is time we were asking ourselves why so many people hate us. While Iran is an extreme case, anti-American feeling is gaining ground in most parts of the world. It is finding increasing expression in Britain and Western Europe, as well as in the so-called backward countries.

This poses a serious problem which demands a careful examination of our operations abroad.

Soviet propaganda can claim credit for some of the misunderstanding, but surely not for all of it. The Russians aren’t that good.

Some of the fault must be in ourselves. We should find out what it is and how to correct it. [*cough*! — U.S. backing the British]

A foreign policy which makes enemies where it should be making friends obviously is unsound and dangerous, whatever its pretensions.

This problem has been ignored too long, and the anti-American demonstrations in Iran are a clear warning of serious trouble ahead if the present trend isn’t arrested and reversed.