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    "ocrText": "RESTRICTED\nAlthough Moscow does not comment directly on the possibility of a negotiated\nsettlement in the Far East, TASS, employing the standard propaganda device of re-\nviews of the American press, finds that talk of compromise is prominent in American\nnewspapers. In lengthy reviews, TASS quotes prominent New England citizens as\ncalling for a diplomatic rather than a military settlement of the Korean war. It\nalso claims that there is frequent editorial mention of U.S. concessions, including\nthe withdrawal of troops from Korea and agreement to the holding of a four-power\nmeeting on Germany.\nPeiping, in its first extended comment on the President's 30 November statement,\nfollows Moscow's lead in failing to mention the atom bomb remarks. This is con-\nsistent with its earlier efforts to minimize the significance of atomic weapons and\nto allay any popular fears about the consequences of their use. Peiping says that\nthe President (and Secretary Acheson in his \"tedious\" speech of 29 November)\n\"mirrored the chagrin and discomfiture of the American warmongers and exposed their\nplots to extend their aggression.\" It fails to mention the possibility of a\nnegotiated settlement. Radios in the Satellite countries continue to report the\ngrowing \"war hysteria\" in the U.S. and the mounting opposition to the President's\natom bomb remarks. They do not mention the possibility of a compromise.\nAlthough Madrid and Taipei are insistent in their rejection of any possible\ncompromise, other Western radios are increasingly explicit in their references to\nconcessions that might be made by the West. The most frequently mentioned of the\nU.S. attitudes that might be sacrificed is the long range importance of Asia in the\nwar against Communism; European radios insist that Europe must come first. Other\nU.S. attitudes mentioned are the belief that U.S. prestige in Asia is justification\nfor a world war, the retention of Taiwan as a seat for the Nationalist Government,\nsupport of that Government, and establishment of a buffer zone along the Yalu\nRiver. There are only scattered references to an armistice based on a line at the\n38th Parallel, and there is little discussion of the six-power resolution. American\nopposition to Chinese Communist membership in the U.N. is not mentioned in\nconnection with possible concessions, but it is frequently cited as contributing\nto Peiping's dissatisfaction.\nRESTRICTED"
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