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When it came to Soviet assistance, I never could get
my hands on 1t. I V88 given all eorts of schedules but, in
the opinion of all my advisers and intelligence, they were
not supporting them. Sometimes there were records of little
conferences, but you could change a single sentence and
change the whole impression. that did worry me more serious-
ly then anything else was that it seemed apparent to me that
the Soviets were leaning over backwards, except as to Dairen,
in their attitude out there. As far a3 I could see, what
they were preparing themselves for was a case before the
United Nations, where they could appear 88 clean as the
driven snow and we would have our hands muddied. I would
probebly be the particular lump of mud they would throw.
Now, I am not talking about the ravaging of Mukden.
That was B booty transaction under their claim. I am talking
about the procedure that followed that under the treaty.
I
WES alvays concerned, and I think it is still going to show
up here when thay get to this, that they will make a case
that they Bat back and gave the Generalissimo a wide sweep
of opportunity and look at what has bappened--the United
States interfered and brought about this catastrophe. They
could accomplish elmost all their purposes by negative action.
All they had to do was to abandon the dumps, leave them to
fall into the hands of the other fellows. All they had to
do was to make 1t impossible for the Nationalist Government
to use the railroad, and yet not introduce any complications
about the movements of Communiet troops that were moving in
and getting set up in Manchuria, we will say, for later
action. But that worried me a great deal, and I think you
will hear from 1t Is ter.
As to Formosa, I think that is a dangerous situation,
in one cense, because Fonmosa lies in the general direction
from Japan to the Philippines, and if it were taken over by
infiltration, as it, well might be, it might be very serious.
I don't know what we will do about that.
It seemed to me when I wae listening to Governor Stassen's
talk about establishing an American center in Bangkok that
the psychological focus for the United States in approa ching
this ares, 11 it aid 80 through any such procedure, 18 the
Philippines. I may be entirely wrong about this, but all
of the Far Cast looks on the Philippines as a manifestation
of the aquare deal. We certainly went through with it there.
I think there is great significance to our action in the
Philippines which affects all those people. I have talked to
some of the Philippine leaders and they emphasized that
pretty much to me.
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