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    "ocrText": "RESTRICTED\nINTRODUCTION: On 13 December Peiping joins the Communist radio chorus which de-\nnounces, by proverbs, rhetoric, and ridicule, the 8 December communique summarizing\nthe President's talks with Prime Minister Attlee. Peiping quotes PEOPLE'S DAILY as re-\niterating the Communist claim that the communique outlines a plan for expansion of\naggression in Asia and as recapitulating the Peiping regime's frequently-stated\ngrievances attributed to U.S. machinations.\nBucharest, Prague, and Moscow continue to speculate on the \"real\" meaning of the\nPresident's agreements with Mr. Attlee. They contend that the areas of disagreement\nare larger than the areas of agreement and that Britain and America are determined to\nlaunch war against Asia.\nNO \"HOPEFUL PROSPECTS\" FOR THE WEST: PEOPLE'S DAILY attributes the President's\ntalks with Mr. Attlee to the Western Powers' realization of their failure in the Korean\nwar--a failure which it claims indicates the superior strength of the peace camp. Like\nother Communist radios, Peiping notes that Britain and America have not yet learned the\n\"appropriate lessons\" from this failure. (Bucharest claims that Mr. Attlee and Mr.\nTruman \"find a particular pleasure in swimming against the current of the waters of\nhistory.\") Peiping does not elaborate on the participation of Chinese Communist \"volun-\nteers.\" It rebukes Washington and London for rejecting Communist China's proposals for\na peaceful solution in Korea, and lists as evidences of America's hostile attitude\ntoward the people of China the seizure of Taiwan, military pacts with Burma and Thailand,\nthe 27 June announcement of \"continued aggression\" in the Philippines and in Indochina,\nand the refusal to admit Communist China to the United Nations.\nThe recent talks are frequently compared to Hitler's talks with European leaders,\nand Prague claims that there is little difference between the Brenner Pass conference\nsite and the President's yacht. There are frequent reminders that the President co-\nerced Mr. Attlee into agreeing, and Prague characterizes Mr. Attlee's \"heel clicking\"\nby quoting the proverb \"whose meat I eat, his song I sing.\"\nRESTRAINT ON THE ATOM BOMB: In discussing the communique both Moscow and Peiping\nfail to mention the statement concerning possible use of the atom bomb. This is con-\nsistent with their earlier failure to comment on the President's 30 November statement,\nas such, and with Peiping's propaganda policy of minimizing the seriousness of the con-\nsequences of atomic warfare. Moscow has been reporting evidences of the world-wide\npopular opposition to Mr. Truman's remarks. These brief news reports indicate the \"in-\ndignation\" of newspapers and organizations in various countries over the attempt to\n\"threaten China and Korea\" with the atom bomb. However, as often as not they omit the\nexplicit reference to the atom bomb and stop with \"threaten China and Korea.\"\nRESTRICTED"
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