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OCR Page 1 of 1412/11/53 - Reel 2. track 2, Page 1
VOICE:
(Mr. JOHNSON?)
Can we go back to this debate over the Einsenhower appointment?
MR. ACHESON:
but
Yes: we can, May I just finish the points that I was making at this press
of
conference, December 22, and we'll have them all in one place so that the
that
text won't be too confused. The second point I made was/our withdrawing and
would
giving the USSR the entire Eurasian land mass and furnish them with the
THEMAN
resources and strategic positions thich would be catastrophicy The third
for uss
is HATKINAL
points
the
point was that, by the combination of,1 (1) and (2). the USSR would be able
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completely to mullify our power and force us to remove any threat
which we had to their position. The fourth point was that any negotiation
would be impossible due to our great disadvantage, because (5) we must accept
whatever terms we were offered or we would then be in a position where we
must fight alone. The sixth point was that to live in this atmosphere would
destroy our whole system and its traditions, on which this country was founded.
That vas put out at this press conference for the public purpose for getting
out generally to the public and furnishing to everybody who was going to debate
on our side an outline of the Administration's position; and I think it had
that effect. And on that point.
MR. BUNDY:
How oid you prepare this thing? You vere practically just off the plane;
was a draft of what you might say in your hands?
MR. ACHESON:
No, as I recall it, not at all. We got off the plane on the 21st at 3 o' clock
in the morning and we had these other meetings that I talked about; I met with
various people in the department
MR. JOENSON:
You couldn't have seen Mr. Hoover' sspeech before you got off the plane
m Hooverk
wedecided this
MR. ACHESON:
I know nothing about his speech. They told me the situation, -because we had
and
to hit it hard and fast and at once; and sitting around talking together we
should
made these points, and I/strongly guess that I had no text of any sort but had
a list of
a piece of paper with/these points on it and spoke from that.
MR. BUNDY:
It reads that way, as you read it (confused)
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