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MR . DECKER: I don't beliove it is entirely naive
or a piece of idealis to dratw a distinction
at times between the Chinese people and the Chinese
government. I do believe that thet distinction is a
valid one. I see the Chinese people as still cherish
ing down in the bottom of their hearts, nost of them,
a very high regard for the United States. They have
been caught in a maelstrom of tragio circumstances and
they have been faced with impossible dilemmas, and had
we been faced with the dilemnas in the same terms and
with the same influence which they had, I am not at
all certain that our decisions would not have been the
seme a.s theirs. Now I know how difficult 1t is to sup-
port the Chinese people or to assist the Chinesé people
without in indirect ways assisting the Communist govern-
ment, but I do believe that we can leave time and the
undoubted difficulties that the Communist regime will
meet in China to deal largely with that question. And
so I hope very much that not only in the realm of
private trade but in the realm of private relief or
reeonstruetion work that may be undertaken by private
agencies in China that the door will be left open.
Now, mind you, I am not optimistic about the immediate
prospects for being able to extend a large measure of
that sort of aid or rolier to the Chinese. For one
thing, we have got to justify it with the American
people, and the American people simply will not furnish
that relief 19 1t has to be furnished on unreasonable
terms. But let's not in our policy in any way close
the door for that effort.
CHAIRMAN: Ve want to give you a picture of what
the overseas information policy toward the Far East
has been and is because we need your advice and counsel
ARCHIVES RECORDS 'NATIONAL
AND
on this. Mr. Sargeant will present the briefing.
:
SERVICE*
IRR. SARGLANT: Our immediate objective in the pro-
grem of the United States Information and Educational
Exchange Service are of two kinds. First, we are
attempting to aline public opânion throughout the world
on the side of the United States and it has two aspects
to it: a positivo side, in which we are trying to
demonstrate that US policies are in effect to the self
interest of other nations and other peoples; it is to
their advantage to support these policies. I think there
is a negative side. I think that is the demonstration
of what the USSR and specifically those aspects of
Communism
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