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    "ocrText": "- 3 -\nII - UNITED STATES INTERESTS AND POLICY OBJECTIVES\n1. United States Position in Asia - More important than\nany temporary ebb or flow in the political tide is the basic\nattitude of the peoples of Asia towards the United States. This\nattitude will be governed to a large extent by United States\npolicy and action in regard to the revolution in Asia and\nin particular by the treatment in areas for which the United\nStates has assumed primary responsibility, such as Japan,\nthe Philippines and Korea, of the problems which have produced\nthat revolution as well as those which are a legacy of war.\n2. Containment of Communism - An immediate objective of the\nUnited States in Asia must be to check the spread of Soviet\nCommunism beyond the countries where it has already seized\npower. Because of the nature of the revolutionary movement\nin Asia, this objective must be achieved principally by means\nother than arms. This conclusion is fortified by the state of\nthe military weakness of the nations of the area, and by the\nnecessary limitations on the dispersion of United States\nmilitary strength.\n3. Relations with Communist Areas - The situation in areas\nalready firmly controlled by Communist regimes must be met by a\nrecognition of realities rather than by a fruitless attempt to\nreverse or ignore the tide of events. We are more apt to\nconsolidate their position by attempting openly to overthrow\nthem than by dealing with them in order to exert our influence\ndirectly on them.\n4. Strategic\nDECLASSIFIED\nTROMAR\nE. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or\n'NATIONAL\nARCHIVES AND\nD.p.. of State letter, Aug. 9, 1973\nRECORDS\nSERVICE'\nBy NLT- HC , NARS Date 9476"
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