With no explanation, label text_A→text_B with either "DON'T KNOW", "NO" or "YES".
text_A: Paine was an enthusiastic supporter of the French Revolution, and was granted honorary French citizenship alongside prominent contemporaries such as Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and others. Paine's honorary citizenship was in recognition of the publishing of his "Rights of Man, Part II" and the sensation it created within France. He was elected to represent the Pas-de-Calais district in the National Convention even though he couldn't speak French.
text_B: If, in Paine's time, official diplomatic communications were generally presented in both English and French as they are today in places such as the UN, would Paine himself need to hear or read the English version in order to understand the content?
YES.