How would you interpret the last sentence? “Right, I recall. Well, her opinion of this letter from quote-unquote Aware Incorporated was absolutely correct.” “It’s not a form,” I pointed out. “These things are very specific. Charles Chaplin. My books being read by Communists in China. I have to say, I’m flabbergasted.” “That is their intention, to flabbergast. Is this a verb, can I say that?” “I suppose.” “Their mode is the surprise attack: they flabbergast. You hand over five hundred clams.” “And then the game ends?” “Not exactly. These publications he mentions are real. They accumulate names of alleged Reds and publish them in directories.” “Who reads them?” “Executives. Radio producers, Hollywood studios, even grocery chains. It’s handy, no muss no fuss. They can assure their advertisers they are taking every available precaution against hiring a Red.”How would you interpret the last sentence: They can assure their advertisers they are taking every available precaution against hiring a Red? Whom does the first pronoun ‘they’ refer to? And Whom does the second pronoun ‘they’ (they are taking every available precaution …) refer to? I think the first ‘they’ refer to the so-called Aware Inc, and the second ‘they’ refer to the executives, radio producers, Hollywood studio and grocery chains, right? I think the sentence means that the Aware Inc can make the advertisers sure that by referring to the directories, the advertisers themselves are taking every available precaution against hiring a Red. What do you think? PS: they were talking about a company, named Aware Incorporated, which published directories for helping hiring.