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    "ocrText": "RESTRICTED\nAlthough Radio Moscow continues to say little about the President's\nmeeting with Prime Minister Attlee, radios in the Satellite countries\ndwell on the claim that the meetings are a reflection of Western panic and\nof friction over the role of General MacArthur, over the course of events\nin Korea and over the use of the atom bomb. Western radios are equally\nconcerned with relations among the Western nations, insisting that the\nmeetings are a sign of growing solidarity. They continue to declare that\nthe defense of Europe must be a primary consideration. There are occasional\ncalls for a determined stand against Sino-Soviet aggression, and French\npress sources demonstrate growing concern over the question of French\nrepresentation at the current talks. This concern is attributed to the\nbelief that there will be decisions concerning Germany and Indochina in which\nFrance should have a voice.\nMoscow continues its marked avoidance of the atom bomb issue. A 5\nDecember IZVESTIA editorial repeats the earlier PRAVDA charges that President\nTruman seeks war, but, like PRAVDA, it ignores the atom bomb. The Satellite\nradios repeatedly point out that President Truman attempted to frighten the\npeople of China but that the attempt misfired, causing panic and war\nhysteria in the Western nations. Western radios' opposition to the use of\nthe bomb continues, but with diminishing emphasis; Rome, however, quotes\nIL TEMPO (independent) as pointing out that in view of the current situation\nand of military techniques, failure to use the bomb, if its use is \"believed\nnecessary,\" would mean \"giving up the possibility of a solution of the\nKorean problem. It means to deny the purpose for which the United Nations\ntook action. 11\nRESTRICTED"
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