Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Former President Herbert Hoover, with Related Material
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OCR Page 1 of 4so ARCHWES AND
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DRAFT STATEMENT FOR THE PRESIDENT IN REPLY TO QUESTIONS ON MR. HOOVER'S SPEECH
My views on foreign policy are well known and I restated them as
recently as two weeks ago in my radio speech. Furthermore, Secretary
Acheson in his press conference last Friday again stated the case for our
present policy so clearly that no one could misunderstand how this admini-
stration feels about protecting American security and freedom.
Everybody agrees that we must build up our strength as rapidly
as possible.
However it is imperative that we also build the defensive strength
of the rest of the free world. The welfare and safety of the United States
depends not only on our own strength but also in large part on the collective
strength of other free nations. We are not ready to give up because this
road is rough. We have been helping our allies to help themselves and we
will continue to do so. The recent Brussels meeting is further proof that
the members of the North Atlantic Community are working together to in-
crease their collective strengths. Together we can produce the kind of
strength which will deter any aggressor from attacking and defeat him if
he does attack.
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