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    "ocrText": "(Synopsis D, page 13)\n\"The President stated that it was his hope that world conditions\nwould never call for the use of the atomic bomb. The President\ntold the Prime Minister that it was also his desire to keep the\nPrime Minister at all times informed of developments which might\nbring about a change in the situation.\nC.\nTRUMAN\nDGA met on December 9th with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee\nNATIONAL\nto give a full summary of the current situation, including a review\nARCHIVES AND\nof the talks between Attlee and HST. A joint statement issued\nRECORDS\nEss\nSERVICE\"\nafter the meeting by Connally and Wiley said, in part: \"Since the\ncommuniqué issued following the talks between President Truman\nand Prime Minister Attlee was so complete, there is little that we\nfeel we should add publicly onthat subject at this time. One thing\nthat was clear is that the British and American positions are sub-\nstantially closer than would have appeared a week ago. \"\nKnowland\nAlso on the 9th Knowland said \"I have been greatly shocked by the\nComments\ncommuniqué issued by HST and Attlee, While on its face it indicates\nthat there will be no appeasement, in reading the communiqué through\nit becomes clear that there is the making of a Far Eastern Munich\ncontained in its language There is no clarification given\nto\nthe status of the existing Republic of Korea, which was set up\nunder UN auspices. The future of Korea is left open to negotiations\nwith the Chinese Communists. Does this mean that ultimately\ndemocratic Korea is going to end up in the same way that a democratic\nPoland ended up as a result of the Yalta conference?\nThere is no\nclear-cut and decisive statement by Attlee and HST that no\nnegotia-\ntions will be carried on as long as a single Chinese Communist\naggressor remains on the soil of Korea. The inference is left\nthat at some point of their own choosing, when the Chinese Com-\nmunists have found they can push no further, we will sit down and\nnegotiate with them, provided they promise not to renew their\naggression. We should have learned by now that the promises of\nthe Soviet Union and its satellites are not worth the paper they\nare printed on.\"\nRhee Comments\nAlso on the 9th Rhee expressed disappointment that the Truman-\nAttlee conference had ended \"without a call for complete mobiliza-\ntion of the democratic world to fight against communism. Rhee\nsaid: \"It would have been better if the UN had not helped us at\nall if we are to be abandoned now. There is a real war against\ncommunism in Korea and a potential one in Europe. If the UN forces\nare driven from Korea and the war front is shifted to Europe,\ndemocracy would have a difficult time winning converts anywhere\nin Asia,'\nComments from\nSoviet views on the meeting were voiced editorially in Pravda on\nMoscow and\nthe llth, as follows: 'The communiqué does not testify that the\nPeiping\nUS government wants to put an end to the aggression it undertood\nin Korea. On the contrary, Truman and Attlee have come to agree-"
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