JEREMY CRONIN
Yes, and I think that's implied fairly explicitly on page three.   John Robby who is hosting this particular radio programme says to him - about the fourth line at the top of page three, he says
"Are you fed up answering the same questions - going to the issue of the failure of the Soviet Union and the failure of Soviet Socialism, would you like to move the debate further"? and Hani says: "Well, we certainly are not fed up, I think that the questions are typical and we must accept we are moving from a situation of rabid anti-communism in this country and there's a lot of ignorance about communism, a lot of prejudices"
And he goes on in that vein, saying that:
"Far from being impatient, I think it is very important for us to account for our communism, to be self-critical about our past associations and to reassure the public"
And in this case the callers were White voices, judging from their accents.
"To reassure a broad public and not just one's own constituencies of our agenda"