Evening star., 1951-04-12
ss fTeTt OF President Trumdn's
address on policy on the Far
East

4 EdI Est1St.
In the simplest terms, what we
are doing in Korea is this: We are
trying to prevent o third world
war.
4 I think most people In this coun-
try recognized that fact last June
And they warmly supported the
decision Of the Government to help
the Republic Of Korea against the
Communist aggressors. Now. many
persons, even some who applauded
our decision TO defend Korea, have
forgotten the basic reason Tor our
action.
It is right for us to be In Korea
ut was right last June. 1t Is right
to-day.
/ want to remind you why this Is
true.
The Communists in the Kremlin
are engaged in a monstrous con-
Ispiracy to stamp out freedom all
over the world. If they were to sue
ceed, the United States would be
numbered among their principal
victims. It must be clear to every
Ione that the United States cannot
and will not-sit idly by and
await foreign conquest. The only
question is: When is the best time
to meet the threat and how is the
best way to meet it?
Best Time to Meet Threat.
The best time to meet the threat
is in the beginning. It Is easier to
lput out a fire in the beginning when
it is small than after it has become
a roaring blaze.
4 And the best way to meet the
/ threat of aggression is for the
peace-loving nations to act together
If they don't act together. they are
likely to be picked off, one by one
If they had followed the right
policies in the 1930's-if the free
countries had acted together, to
crush the aggression of the dicta-
tors, and if they had acted in the
beginning, when the aggression was
lsmall-there probably would have
been no World War II.
If history has taught us anything
it Is that aggression anywhere in
the world is a threat to peace ev-
erywhere in the world. When that
aggression is supported by the cruel
and selfish rulers of a powerful
nation who are bent on conquest
it becomes q clear and present dan
Iger to the security and independ-
ence of every free nation.
/ This is a lesson that most people
| in this country have learned thor
ougilly. This is the basic reason
why we joined in creating the
United Nations. And, since the end
iof World War II, we have been
putting that lesson into practice
We have been working with other
free nations to check the aggres-
sive designs of the Soviet Union
before they can result in a third
world war.
What We Did In Greece.
That is what we did in Greece,
when the nation was threatened
by the aggressive of international
communism.
The attack against Greece could
have led to general war. But this
country came to the aid of Greece.
The United Nations supported
Greek resistance. With our help,
1.-THE determination and efforts of
the Greek people defeated the att
tack on the spot.
{ Another big Communist threat
to peace was the Berlin blockade.
That too could have led to war.
But. again 1t was settled because
free men would not back down in
an emergency.
The aggression against Korea is
the boldest and most dangerous
move the Communists have yet
made.
The attack on Korea was part Of
a greater plan for conquering all
of Asia.
I would like to read to you from
a secret intelligence report which
came to us after the attack. It is
a report of a speech a Communist
army officer in North Korea gave
to a group of spies and saboteurs
last May, one month before South
Korea was invaded. The report
shows in great detail how this in
vasion was part of a carefully pre-
pared plot. Here is part of what
the Communist officer, who had
been trained in Moscow, told his
men: Our forces" he said, "are
scheduled to attack South Korean
forces about the middle of June
The coming attack on South
Korea marks the first step toward
the liberation Of Asia"
Notice that he used the word
liberation" That is Communist
double-talk meaning conquest"
Another Secret Report.
I have another secret intelligence
report here. This one tells what
another Communist officer in the
Far East told his men several
months before the invasion of Ko-
rea. Here is what he said: I'm Or
der to successfully undertake the
long awaited world revolution, we
must first unity Asia. :. Java,
Indo-C China, Malaga, India, Tibet,
Thailand, Philippines, and Japan
are our ultimate targets. The
United States is the only obstacle
on our road for the liberation of
all Southeast Asia. In other words,
we must unity the people of Asia
and crush the United States"
Again, liberation" in Commie
Language, means conquest"
That is what the Communist
leaders are telling their people, and
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