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This is a lesson that most people in this country have
learned thoroughly. This is the basic reason why we joined in
creating the United Nations. And, since the end of World War II,
we have been putting that lesson into practice we have been
working with other free nations to check the aggressive designs
of the Soviet Union before they can result in a third world war.
That is what we did in Greece, when that nation was
threatened by the aggression of international communism.
The attack against Greece could have led to general war.
But this country came to the aid of Greece. The United Nations
supported Greek resistance. With our help, the determination and
efforts of the Greek people defeated the attack on the spot.
Another big communist threat to peace was the Berlin
blockade. That too could have led to war. But again it was
settled because free men would not back down in an emergency.
The aggression against Korea is the boldest and most
dangerous move the communists have yet made.
The attack on Korea was part of a greater plan for con-
quering all of Asia.
I would like to read to you from a secret intelligence
report which came to us after the attack. It is a report of a
speech a communist army officer in North Korea gave to a group of
spies and saboteurs last May, one month before South Korea was
invaded. The report shows in great detail how this invasion was
part of a carefully prepared plot. Here is part of what the com-
munist officer, who had been trained in Moscow, told his men:
"Our forces," he said, "are scheduled to attack South Korean forces
about the middle of June
The coming attack on South Korea
marks the first step toward the liberation of Asia.
Notice that he used the word "liberation. That is com-
munist double-talk meaning "conquest."
I have another secret intelligence report here. This
one tells what another communist officer in the Far East told his
men several months before the invasion of Korea. Here is what he
said: "In order to successfully undertake the long awaited world
revolution, we must first unify Asia
Java, Indo-China,
Malaya, India, Tibet, Thailand, Philippines, and Japan are our
ultimate targets
The United States is the only obstacle
on our road for the liberation of all countries in southeast Asia.
In other words, we must unify the people of Asia and crush the
United States. "
That is what the communist leaders are telling their
people, and that is what they have been trying to do.
They want to control all Asia from the Kremlin.
This plan of conquest is in flat contradiction to what
we believe. We believe that Korea belongs to the Koreans, that
India belongs to the Indians -- that all the nations of Asia
should be free to work. out their affairs in their own way. This
is the basis of peace in the Far East and everywhere else.
The whole communist imperialism is back of the attack on
peace in the Far East. It was the Soviet Union that trained and
equipped the North Koreans for aggression. The Chinese communists
massed 44 well-trained and well-equipped divisions on the Korean
frontier. These were the troops they threw into battle when the
North Korean communists were beaten.
The question WE have had to face is whether the com-
munist plan of conquest can be stopped without general war. Our
Government and other countries associated with us in the United
Nations believe that the best chance of stopping it without gen-
eral war is to meet the attack in Korea and defeat it there.
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