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    "ocrText": "TOP\nSECRET\n- 9 -\nlike to find out from the President, during his visit, what help\nFrance could get from the United States if this emergency came about.\nAs for the third hypothesis, that of China's deciding for\none reason or another to let things \"go down\" in the Far East, Mr. Pleven\nsaid that France did not want to settle anything by herself. His Govern-\nment wanted to do it with their friends. Whatever happened by way of a\nsettlement would have to be one that France and her friends accepted\nNATIONAL\nARCHIVES\nRECORDS\ntogether.\nMr. Pleven said he would like to close with some general ob-\nservations. In France, they feel that there is a common enemy all through\nthe Far East. \"One day, they push here. One day they push there. The\nFar East is all one question.\" For this reason, Mr. Pleven said that he\nbelieved that the United States and Great Britain and France should come\ntogether and \"build a consultative body to study the whole Asiatic picture,\nfrom a broad strategic point of view, from a political point of view, and\nfrom an economic point of view.\" France would like to have the advice\nof that body available all the time, so that she could avoid making piece-\nmeal decisions in the Far East. There isn't anything piecemeal in the Far\nEast, it is all one question. These were his opening remarks, Mr. Pleven\nconcluded, and he hoped he had not used too many words to tell the President\nwhat his thoughts were.\nTOP\nSEORE"
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