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Because the Communist movement cannot attain all its goals through the single instrumentality of the Communist Party, it frequently resorts to the use of organizations which operate under Communist instruction, but are not openly associated with the Communist Party or the Communist movement. Lacking the broad purposes of the Party, these groups are utilized by the Communist movement for more specific aims. Their primary purpose is to extend Communist influence into areas where an openly Communist appeal would not receive support, a task they seek to accomplish by concealing their true goals behind a "high-sounding and attractive reform objective." Appeals are aimed at narrow groups, with emphasis placed upon such factors as occupation, race,; religion, and, most frequently, specific political causes. Front organizations are most often established by a small group of party sympathizers who will then undertake a general canvas of the populace for supporters.6 This nucleus will usually install as president a prominent figure who either will go along with