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    "ocrText": "- 22 -\nabout the details of the plans because he thought they were good plans,\nbut he was concerned about the ability of these countries to carry\nout these plans. He was concerned especially about France, and he\ndescribed the very heavy loss of French officers in the fighting in\nIndo-China. He also wondered about the ability of the French to have\ntrained cadres, with which to train properly the divisions that France\nwas planning to raise in the next couple of years.\nCongressman Martin wanted to know if we were making any\neffort in India and Japan and the \"Chinamen who are friendly\" to\nget any additional fighting men?\nGeneral Marshall said there was a question of practicability\n.NATIONAL\nARCHIVES ANO\nRECORDS\nto\nSERVICE\nhere. We are unable to use Japanese troops because there was a Sino-\nSoviet Treaty of mutual assistance. If we were to use Japanese, that\nmight be an excuse for the Russians to get into the act. As for India,\nhe just didn't know. He thought India was a country trying to perform\nthe rope trick.\nSpeaker Rayburn asked the President if he did not wish\nto get the sentiment of members of Congress on the specific question\nof declaring a national emergency.\nThe President said he was anxious for all to speak on this\npoint and he asked the Vice President to begin."
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