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    "ocrText": "RESTRICTED\nWhile Communist radios to date give slight attention to the Prime\nMinister's visit, Western-oriented radios speculate about what subjects\nhe may be discussing with American leaders. The issues most frequently\nmentioned are the Korean War and future policy in the Far East.\n\"Greatest Political Leader\": Recalling Mr. Churchill's visit last\nJanuary, Ankara radio quotes CUMHURIYET as observing that \"supported by\nthe progress achieved in the British aircraft industry and also by the\nexplosion of the first British atomic bomb, the Prime Minister will be\nable to discuss his problems on a free and equal basis.' \" The Munich\nMERKUR comments that \"the greatest political leader of our day has\nundertaken this journey to restore the supremacy of politics. No one\nknows as well as he does that military action alone cannot solve a\npolitical problem.\"\nCharacterizing Mr. Churchill's remarks to the press as \"guarded,\"\nthe Vienna Red-White-Red network finds \"especially noteworthy\" his\nstatement that the greatest event of the last five years was the re-\njection of Soviet aggression in Korea.\nThe French COMBAT predicted that the talks would deal essentially\nwith China and Korea, basing this conclusion on the Prime Minister's\nawareness that General Eisenhower \"was under strong pressure from those\nfavoring action on China.\" In this connection a Belgrade commentator\nasserts that the \"sudden decision\" to visit the United States reflects\nfear that the new administration may embark on a course \"not at all\nliked by Great Britain,\" one of spreading the war in Asia at the ex-\npense of the European defense plan.\nMelbourne cautions against exaggerating the significance of Mr.\nChurchill's observations that the center of gravity of world tension\nis not in Korea, but in Europe, and hopes that \"the talks will open\nthe way for Britain's admittance to the ANZUS pact and the ending of\na situation in which Britain has little chance to help determine the\ncourse of Pacific affairs.\"\nRESTRICTED"
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