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Memorandum, Pattern for the Pacific
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Memorandum, Pattern for the Pacific
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PATTERN FOR THE PACIFIC
1. A DEMILITARIZED JAPAN.
2.
CLOSE AND FRIENDLY RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA.
3. U.S. RETENTION OF ALL ISLANDS TAKEN FROM JAPAN.
4.
A GROUPING OF THE NATIONAL ELEMENTS OF SOUTHEAST ASIA --
BURMA, SIAM, INDO-CHINA, MALAYA, THE DUTCH EAST INDIES AND
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS -- IN A FEDERATION SPONSORED BY THE
U.NO. , JUST AS THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS HAVE BEEN SPONSORED
BY THE UNITED STATES. NATIONAL ASPIRATIONS CAN THUS BE
SATISFIED, A SOURCE OF FUTURE STRIFE ELIMINATED, AND THE
RIGHTS OF INTERESTED NATIONS SAFE-Guarded. THIS MOVE
WOULD PROVE THE SINCERITY OF U.N.O. AND ESTABLISH ITS
PRESTIGE.
5. A STRONG, UNITED DEMOCRATIC CHINA. THE ONLY REAL DEMO-
CRATIC IMPULSE IN CHINA IS THE SO-CALLED COMMUNIST PARTY.
THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT IS FASCIST, AND A REPLICA OF PRE-
WAR GERMANY -- A ONE-PARTY REGIME, SUPPORTED BY A PARTY
ARMY AND A GESTAPO, AND HEADED BY A DICTATOR. THE INDI-
CATED COURSE FOR THE UNITED STATES IS TO WITHDRAW OUR
TROOPS AT ONCE, AND OFFER OUR SERVICES TO COMPOSE THE
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AND THE
COMMUNISTS. A COMMISSION IS PROPOSED, OF EMINENT AMERI-
CANS WITH EXPERIENCE IN THE ORIENT, TO GET THE FACTS,
DETERMINE THE ISSUES, AND SUGGEST A SOLUTION. SUCH A
COMMISSION WOULD BE WELCOMED BY THE COMMUNISTS AND BY
A LARGE MAJORITY UNDER THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT.
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