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e. In South Asia, India would react unfavorably to the
maintenance of a UN beachhead because of Indian hopes of
reducing the possibility of a major war and because of a
general inclination to sympathize with Asiatics as against
Westerners; Pakistan would react favorably to any evidence
of US military strength. In the Near and Middle East, the
US military prestige among Iran and the Arab states; Greace
maintenance of a beachhead might salvage to some degree
MISS
and Turkey would oppose UN withdrawal unless it were part
of a broader plan to attack Communism at its source, or
unless they were convinced that Western Europe or the Near
East were immediately threatened.
f. The reaction in Western Europe would be influenced
on the one hand, by an intensification of the fear that prolonged
and inconclusive fighting in Korea would result in the exten-
sion of hostilities elsewhere and on the other, by concern lest
the UN fail in a major effort to contain Communist aggression.
g. Latin American reaction would be favorable.
h. It is unlikely that Soviet policy will be significantly
modified by a UN decision to maintain a beachhead in Korea.
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