Evening star., 1950-12-03

the Chinese rulers as far back as
last August that Manchuria would
not suffer in the least if the Ko-
rean peninsula were unified as the
U. N. intends that it be. These
assurances were repeated officially
and unoffcially to the Russians at
Lake Success and New York. The
most far-reaching guarantees
were to be given the Chinese to
that effect.
The story that the Peiping gov
ernment had to make a demon
stration of power in order to force
open the U. N. doors is preposter-
Gus. Moscow and Peiping had as
surances from New Delhi, London
and Paris that these powers would
press the issue. Our own State
Department, while opposed NOM
inally to the replacement Of the
Nationalists by the. Communists,
had decided not to use the veto
on this matter.
This was stated and repeated
frequently by the highest officials.
from Secretary Acheson down.
There could be no doubt in the
minds of the Chinese and their
Soviet masters that the needed
majority to place them in the
u. N. was available, if they were
really as anxious as they made
out to put the Peiping regime in
the organization. Hence. neither
of the theories advanced by our
diplomats to explain the entry of
the Chinese Communist 4th and
7th Field Armies into the Korean
war holds water.
The real reason is disclosed in
the Tokyo military evaluation that
the Russians are taking the final
steps in their overall plan to Sc
cure completely the Eurasian land
mass as a base Of operations
against the Western American de-
fense line.
Japan True Objective
Without engaging their own mil
itary resources in any way. the
Russians are doing their utmost
now to expel the Americans. the
British, the French and all other
vestiges of Western influence from
the mainland of Eastern Asia.
The war of the Wet Mini Com
munists against the French in
Indo-China is proceeding accord
ing to plan and it is highly doubt
full that the French will be able
to resist Ho Chi Minis drives,
unless the West accepts the Red
challenge in Asia and fights back
with everything it has available.
The fate of Thailand and
Burma, and eventually India, will
be sealed the day the no-Soviet
combination succeeds in gaining
all its objectives in Indo- China.
Gen. Macarthur and his staff
are said to be convinced that
Japan and not Korea is the true
objective of the Chinese-Russian
forces. But before undertaking
such major operation. without
risk, they must first inf1ict the
heaviest possible losses on the
American forces, which are sup
posed to defend that vital bastion
of Western defense. If this re-
quires demonstration of force"
in Europe in the near future, we
can be sure that Russia will
make it.
The most important handicap
the Western nations are expert
encing now is the lack of man
power. Our mobilization is partial
and slow. That of our Western
Allies is non-existent.
But there is solid block Of
manpower available in the Far
East. The Nationalists in For
mosa have at least 100000 we'll
trained men who, if modestly
supplied with necessary modern
weapons, can be of vital assistance
to the Western cause. Japan has
a potential is million men ready
to fight, if provided with the
needed weapons.
We still have time to arm the
Japanese and to supply American
equipment to a Japanese army
which not only will be willing but
anxious to fight the Russians and
the Chinese Communists. But
that would not be nice, diplomat
ically speaking.