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    "ocrText": "-2-\nThe divergence of American and Soviet policies was reflected during\nNovember in Communist China, where treatment of US officials and citi-\nzens, in violation of international law, came to world attention; in\nthe debates and actions of the United Nations, particularly in the\ndeliberations on the \"Essentials of Peace\" resolution (overwhelmingly\nadopted on December 1) which was presented by Ambassador Warren R.\nAustin to counter the proposed Soviet plan; and in other contexts.\nI. GENERAL\nAssistant Secretary McGhee on Soviet Imperialism. -- Marxist\neconomic doctrine is clearly revealed as a front for the real conflict,\nthe struggle between the free world and the forces of Soviet imperial-\nism, Assistant Secretary of State George C. McGhee declared in an\naddress before the National Convention of the Young Democratic Clubs\nof America at Chattanooga on November 19. This brand of imperialism\nis new in its techniques but not in its objectives, he said, and\ncontinued:\n\"\nThe conflict is drawing heavily upon our own material\nresources, and upon the strength and energies of those nations\nwhich are endeavoring to hold fast to their freedom. There is\nno cause for complacency, and there can be no relaxation of\nARCEIVES AMD\nvigilance.\nis\nSERVICE'\"\n\"If we are to achieve the primary objectives of American\nforeign policy--the preservation of our national security and\nof the opportunity to maintain our way of life--we must continue\nto help free nations to resist Soviet expansion, seeking at all\ntimes to minimize the present conflict and keep it out of the\nmilitary phase. But such a goal is only a minimum objective.\nIt alone will not rally the people of the world to our common\npurpose. A negative force--and the slogan of 'Stop Communism\nis essentially that--is surely inadequate to cope with the com-\nplex of problems which face the nations of the free world\ntoday.\n\"\nTaking stocl. of the present status of Soviet expansion, halted\nin Vestern Europe and Greece and in the Near East, Mr. McGhee said\nthat \"it will be impossible to gauge the effects of recent events in\nChina until its new leaders have been confronted over a long period\nof time with their practical internal and international responsibili-\nties,\" while \"at the same time, the rapidity of the Communist advance\nin China poses grave problems for the Soviet Union, which will seek\nfirst to define the nature and extent of its influence over the Chinese\nCommunists, and then to consolidate this vast area within the Soviet\norbit\". In South Asia, he asserted, the advance of militant Communism\nin China is creating growing apprehension, but \"Communist ideology has\ngained comparatively little influence in South Asia itself. \" 1\nPress release 893, Nov. 17; summary in the Department of State\nBulletin, Nov. 28, p. 825."
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