Removing CDATA from XML message

Clovertechies,

We have an interface that is translating XML to FRL.  How do people remove the XML escapes on this type of interface?  For example, when an XML field contains an ampersand character, we receive:

We want to pass ‘MYDATA A & B’ to the receiving system.  If I remove the escapes before translation, the XML is not valid and the translate fails.  If I remove them in the translate, it must be done field by field.  If I do it after the translate, the field has already been truncated, and FRL gets ugly.

Any suggestions?