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What this means in practice is that a person wishing to be cleared must work through "anti-Communists" of AWARE'S persuasion. The Road Back notes: "A subject's fellow citizens are not apt to be impressed if he insists that anti-communism based on the American constitutional system is a greater menace than communism." This would seem to be a euphemism warning those going through "self- clearance" against associating with "liberal" anti-Communists or taking a forthright anti-AwARE position in public. However, AWARE does not leave the "clearance" problem up in the air. To its credit, it is frank, forthright and specific about how a man "in trouble" can be reinstated. The Road Back lists 12 "suggested steps" in the process of "rehabilitation": 1. Questions to ask oneself: Do I love my country? Do I believe my country in danger? Can I do anything to relieve that danger? Will I tell the full, relevant and unflattering truth? 2. Recognition that, whatever the subject's intentions at the time, his name, efforts, money or other support gave aid and comfort to the Communist conspiracy. 3. Full and frank disclosure, in written form, of all connections past and present with subversive elements, organizations, causes and individuals. Attach pertinent literature, correspondence, record of financial contributions, programs, newspaper clippings or other documentary material. Identify those who drew the subject into unfortunate situations and actions; identify those the subject in turn involved. (This disclosure may be used publicly or privately, as circumstances indicate.) 4. Voluntary and cooperative interview with the Federal Bureau of Investigation on the basis of the foregoing full and frank dis- closure. The content of such interviews remains inviolate with the FBI. 5. A written offer to cooperate, as a witness or source of information with: a. The Committee on Un-American Activities of the House of Representatives, Room 225A, Old House Office Building, Washington 25, D.C. 135