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    "title": "Report, Foreign Radio Reactions to Jacob Malik's 23 June Radio Address",
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    "ocrText": "RESTRICTED\nBeyond a brief, stereotyped Berlin reference to Soviet peace-mindedness,\nthere is no Communist comment on Jacob Malik's 23 June proposal for termi-\nnation of the Korean War. The address is widely reported by the Soviet\nradio and press and is noted by Peiping in a Korean-language broadcast of\n25 June but as yet there is no discussion of the offer or its implications.\nWestern sources, on the other hand, react promptly and volubly. They are\nmarkedly skeptical of the motives behind the offer but generally agree\nthat the \"peace bomb\" must be given serious consideration. The exceptions\nto this generalization are spokesmen of Nationalist China and the Republic\nof Korea and the Manila radio who characterize the offer as a cynical\nattempt to gain time for the Communist forces.\nCLOSING OF THE GAP BETWEEN EAST AND WEST: Newspapers in London,\nParis and Rome are quoted as receiving the Malik proposal with hope colored\nwith open skepticism; they note that Delegate Malik has come closer than\never before to accepting the terms offered by Secretary Acheson and\ninsist that the offer must be taken seriously even though it should turn\nout to be nothing more than a propaganda device intended to obstruct\nWestern unity and rearmament. There are frequent calls for real proof of\npeaceful intentions from Moscow and Peiping and warnings against any final\nsolution that abandons the principles for which the United Nations under-\ntook action in Korea.\nManila, Madrid, Taipei, and Tokyo are critical of Delegate Malik's\nproposal, suggesting that it was an attempt to divert attention from the\ncollapse of the Paris negotiations and a device to secure time for\nCommunist forces. Madrid is particularly concerned with Malik's failure\nto name the United Nations as one of the negotiators and Manila points out\nthat an armistice should take place without any retreat by the victors.\nRESTRICTED"
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