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    "ocrText": "- 4 -\nation of the Chinese Nationalists to defend the island are also strong. In Berlin and\nWestern Germany generally, although allied forces are not strong, there is a large\ndetermination of the civil population not to fall into the communist trap. Any military\nchallenge in central Europe would certainly be the casting of the fateful die for the\nRussians. Again, they have given no hint they are ready to start upon that tragic road.\nIt is against this kind of background that one must survey the day to day\nfighting in Korea. Today's fighting was in the main the story of bitter rear-guard action.\nThe gallant U. S. First Cavalry Division is retreating tenaciously having surprised and\ndiverted the Communists in the west. A combined British and American naval task force\nsent carrier planes on sweeps in the first serious effort to check the North Koreans in\nthe southwestern tip of the peninsula. Allied aviation on the main front was successful\ntoday and have now begun to operat at night. F.80 jet planes went into action for the\nfirst time tonight. In short, resistance steadily stiffens, and it seems increasingly\nclear - as General MacArthur reported today to the United Nations - that the Communists\nmissed tbeir great opportunity for an initial victory and now time is steadily working\nagainst them.\nARCHIVES AND\nRECORDS\n(SERVICE\"\nB R E A K\nIf the first crucial area where decisions must be made is still the\nKremlin, the second is certainly the United States. Here the issue is not whether to\nlaunch a world conflict. It is just how the United States can organize and stablilize"
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