Evening star., 1951-04-17

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| By the Asseeisted Press
CHICAGO. April 17.-The tert
of an address today By Gen.
1 Omar N. Bradley to, the Ma
tional Association OF Radio and
TeleUision Broadcdsters:
It is hard. to realize that on
relatively small-scale military op
|erations in Korea hold the key h
the success or failure Of our world
'lwide strategy.
i In the hands of our United Ma
ltions soldiers. sailors and airmen
lighting the unwarranted attack
|of twice as many North Korean
and Chinese Communist aggres
|sors. rests the possibility for peace
Success in Korea may prevent
new incident, and may proven
World War III. Failure In Kores
will only invite another aggression
When our forces were in thu
throes of withdrawal last Decem'
Der. many people, who saw nj
point to further struggle. wert
recommending that we give up thu
hight. Nothing could have beer
more disastrous for the Soutf
Koreans. the United States, the
United Nations. and the ultimate
chances for peace in this world
AS much as hate war. II we
had abandoned Korea under any
less circumstances than being
driven out, we would have dealt
a tragic blow to the hopes Of free
men everywhere for peace.
Early End Not I'm Sight.
Adding UP the military pros and
cons Of the situation. there is nc
early end In sight to the Korean
war under present conditions. As
far as we can see now there is
nothing transitory. nothing tenn
|porary about the Communists de-
termination to drive us out OF
Korea. and. II possible. to destroy
our forces completely. We may
strive for peace. and q cessation
Of hostilities. but while so doing
we must continue to fight.
Foreign policy is the expression
of a nations instinct for survival
Military policy comprises the
practices Of q people in the or.
ganization Of their military re.
sources for defense.
There Is little immediate danger
lof this country being over-run--
but our way of life, our freedom
and our Nation have the best
chances for survival by keeping
peace in the world. This. is the
overriding consideration Of our
national foreign and military poll
cies. Any recommended course OF
action which would enlarge the
present war is contrary to our best
interests, and by jeopardizine
world peace. ultimately would
threaten our security.
Three Basic Objectives.
In Korea, our foreign policy and
our military policy are united In
three basic objectives:
First. to protect and maintain
our form of Government and our
way Of life against any challenge.
On this point We recognize no lin
itation OF expenditures or Of ex-
ertion.
Second. to seek peace by every
means ut our command. We will
not provoke q war against any one.
And we will not wage q so-called
preventive war even against an
archenemy. for this certainly de-
Stroys peace. But there is one
price we will not pay-appease-
ment.
Third to assure peace. not only
for ourselves, but for all others.
For this reason We support the
United Nations, realizing that
world peace is an integral part OF
American security.
I would like to emphasize that
our military action in Korea is
closely related to our North At
|lantic Treaty efforts in Europe
The same. guiding principles gov
ern. our actions there. We
joined In the North Atlantic
treaty as q collective defense ef-
fort for mutual security. In COL
Flective action. we multiply our
defensive strength. Bound to-
|gether in q pact, the individual
nations gain strength from their
close ties, and individually, are
more secure.
Hope to Curb Aggression.
Not only are we trying to con-
tain Communism but we hope to
deter all forms of aggression in
order to bring peace to the world,
Through our efforts in connec-
ton with the North Atlantic
treaty, and our even more posi-
tive action In Korea, we have
drawn the line-giving unmistak-
able evidence that appeasement
of Communism is not part OF
American policy.
In Korea communism went
without warning one step further
than it had ever gone before, and
for the first time resorted to open
and organized armed aggression
to gain its oppressive ends, shed.
ding even its pretense OF peaceful
intention.
The United Nations had to take
some quick, positive action. The
decision to support the Republic
of Korea, first with air and Sea
power. and then with grounG
forces, was heralded in this coun.
try as a sound decision, and given
wholehearted support. Like every
other international political deci-
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