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Measurements of spin-flip probabilities for inelastic scattering of 318 MeV protons from /sup 40/Ca reveal that much of the background underlying the giant dipole and quadrupole resonances at small angles is from ..delta..S = 1 transitions. This holds the promise of allowing a much better estimate of this background than has previously been possible;one model-dependent parameter is necessary. Subsequent analysis with a first estimate of this parameter is presented