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    "ocrText": "The\nENTERTY\nFRIDAY, MAY 14, 1954 (Cont'd)\n.O\n2. We also discussed the Army-McCarthy hearings and McClellan's threat\nto subpoena White House staff members and bring them before the Committee.\nThe President said that he would not stand for this for one minute. He ex-\nplained that he looked upon his staff members as confidential advisors\nand that the Congress had absolutely no right to ask them to testify in any\nway, shape or form about the advice that they were giving to him at any\ntime on any subject \"If they want to make a test of this principle,\nI'11 fight them tooth and nail and up and down the country. It is a matter\nof principle with me and I will never permit it't -- The President reiterated\nhis belief that Stevens was dead right by refusing to permit the hearings to\ngo into closed sessions and saidthat he would once again tell all members\nof the staff to keep out of this controversy, to have nothing to say on it,\nand to let my office, and my office alone, be the spokesman on all questions\ndealing with McCarthy.\n3. Indo-China --- The President gave me a rundown on the Indo-China\nsituation which is deteriorating rapidly. The French attached so much\nimportance to Dien Bien Phu that its fall has had a terrific pyschological\neffect, not only in France but even in Indo-China - among their fighting\ntroops. It is possible that Viet-minh will take all the delta within a short\nwhile. The British are still opposed to any collective action while Geneva\nis going on and without Britain it would be difficult to carry out the col-\nlective action idea -- The British unfortunately are trying to save Hong Kong\nand Malaya and are closing their eyes to the fact that if Indo-China goes,\nthey are next on the list without much of a prayer to do anything about it.\nWe had a very delightful game, and the President seemed to enjoy it --\nI certainly did.\nCabinet meeting in the morning which I attended only in part.\nThe question of the subpoena of White House personnel was also raised,\nand the President stated his position. Dulles gave a summary of Indo-China\nand the question of foreign trade -- Ike - There is a phrase that a man is\nknown by the friends he keeps. The other side of the coin is that a man is\nknown by the enemies he makes. I read the last speech of Senator McCarthy.\nHe said in that that we should have nothing to do with any nation that trades\nwith the Reds. If he's against that, I'm for it. \" Stassen pointed out that a\nlot of the talk on foreign trade dealt only with the British but that McCarthy,\nwith a large Scandanavian population in his state, wouldn't dare make an\nattack against the Scandanavian countries dealing with the Reds."
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