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Convinced of the need to strengthen its relations with the National Societies and increase its own particular contribution to their development, the ICRC continued to establish and maintain direct contact with many National Society leaders to promote mutual understanding and cooperation.

Introduction, by N. MacKenzie.--Primitive secret societies, by E. M. Mendelson.--Mau Mau, by J. Hammerton.--Thuggee, by D. Annan.--The Mysteries, by N. Smart.--The Assassins and the Knights Templar, by D. Annan.--The Rosicrucians, by M. Jones.--Freemasonry, by M. Jones.--Nationalist secret societies, by D. Annan.--Chinese secret societies, by B. E. Ward.--The Mafia, by D. Annan.--The Klu Klux Klan, by D. Annan.--Conclusion, by N. MacKenzie

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