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prevent 1t from regalnlng lCS
stature until they have been
abolished, as demanded by the
Senate Resolution 239, the Van
denberg Resolution, developed in
1948 by the Senate of the goth
Congress.
S. The fact that truly effective
international inspection and con?
troll of atomic energy facilities
and use, without which there can
De no genuine progress toward
world peace, has not been estab-
liShed.
6. The loss of freedom. In
Europe, by the peoples of Poland
Eastern Germany, the Baltic
States. Albania, Czechoslovakia
Rumania, Hungary, and Bulgaria
and, in Asia, the loss of Outer
Mongolia, North Korea and China
All of these, victims Of a Soviet
design only thinly camouf1aged by
the Yalta and Potsdam agree
ments. have gone behind the Iron
Curtain. This has increased the
Soviet Communist empire from
180 million people in 1889 to
some 750 million people at the
present time. encompaSsing about
one third of the worlds total land
area and population.
II-1947.
In contrast with these results
all Stemming from the failure ir
1945 to understand the Kremlin
came a view in 1947, insofar as
Europe was concerned, which re.
fiected a growing understanding
of Soviet intentions.
Strong bipartisan leadership
and cooperation had already re-
suited in 1945 in the writing and
ratification of the United Nations
charter. During 1947 and 1915
this bipartisan spirit brought
forth the program for Greek and
Turkish aid, the Marshall plan
the Rio pact, and. in 1949, the
North Atlantic treaty. These
have combined to Illustrate Com.
muniSt Subversion and to discour-
age Communist aggression ir
Europe and in the Americas.
In sharp contrast, however, has
been the policy in the Far East
where we were persistently led tt
believe that Chinese Communism
was only a great agrarian reform
movement. After half a century
of cordial relations in. the Fal
East and especially with China
with all its troubles and Difficult
ties, in about 1945 we were sud-
denly faced with a change OF
policy which is difficult to under.
stand unless we evaluate the subtle
betrayals Of China at the Yalts
conference. This conference sab.
otaged the assurances given tC
China at the Cairo conference Of
1943, where also the future free.
dom of Korea was pledged. Tht
Yalta agreement turned over tt
Stain the control of Manchuris
and Outer Mongolia and the port!
of Dairen and Port Arthur. Thi!
was part of the price we paid fol
the unnecessary token participa
ton Of Soviet Russia in the wa
against Japan, one of the conse'
quences Of which was the division
Of Korea at the 38th parallel.
Our Far Eastern policy. growinl
out of these events, consistently
temporized with and capitulatet
to the ruthless demands Of tht
Communists. dominated by Mos
cow. Under it the Kremlin was
in effect, given a green light tt
grab whatever it could in China
Korea and FormoSa. This was
never a bipartisan policy. 1t was
solely an administration policy.
III-THE FUTURE.
These are all facts which mus
be faced. The American people
will not now excuse those re,
Sponsible for these blunderS. Tht
Presidents decision to sustain, By
military action. the stand of tn;
United Nations against aggression
in Korea must receive united sup
port. But the liberation of Kores
and the mere building of strength
to resist aggression are, by them.
selves, not enough. We shall no
sleep peacefully at night until ou,
Governments policy is based or
the full realization that worlt
dominion by communism is still
the goal Of the Kremlin. 1t will
continue to be the goal until tn
free nations Of the world, eacl
contributing its fair share, real
istically join together through tn,
United Nations to establish peac.
in a free world.
We must reassure the world O
our constant desire and readiness
earnestly to search for and con
slider any and all proposals fol
peace based on justice.
The United States must, there
fore, regain the initiative and th'
power for the organization ant
preservation of lasting peace
which it threw away in 1945. Thi
means that the present intoler.
able military weakness of the FREE
world must be remedied by u
and our friends at top speed
Never again must we allow our.
selves to be caught, as we wer'
when Korea was invaded, in {
position where our failure to fore
see the possible implications O.
our basic foreign policy will resul
in our being inadequately prepared
to carry out that policy in tim,
of crisis.
In this crisis there can be M
politics as usual" or business a!
usual" This is fundamental.
| Once we regain the initiative
we can then redouble our effort
through the United Nations Il
to establish a reliable program o
international inspection and con
troll of atomic activities; 90 t,