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    "ocrText": "-16-\nAs to Communists, we have not solved that\nproblem here in our own country. How then can we offer\nsolutions to a country and a people that we know so\nlittle about? Remember Communism is a product of the\nWest. We belong to the West. If we can't meet it at\nhome, what can we say that will be useful to the peoples\nof the East? Russian Imperialism is something that we\ncan talk about.\nNationalism is a new force in Asia and is\ncoming as a strong tide throughout that area. Let us\nrecognize and help it. It is opposed to international\nCommunism, which is the real enemy. It is also opposed\nto political disintegration, for 1t wants to accomplish\npolitical integration and organization on a national\nbasis of racial and geographical boundaries.\n30 (30). What is likely to be the impact of each\nof the various possible courses of United States action\ntoward China upon the majority of thinking Chinese?\nThe Chinese are realists. Once we are\nconsistent in our attitude and stop meddling, their\nreactions will be friendly and understanding. There\nstill remains a resevoir of good will towards the United\nStates among the Chinese.\nTHE FAR E/S! IN GENFRAL\n31 (22). To what extent is the upheaval in China and\nelsewhere in the Far East a predominately political\nmovement?\n32 (22). To what extent is the upheaval in China\nand elsewhere in the Far East an expression of deep rooted\nforces arising out of social and economic conditions?\nThese two questions are intimately related.\nPolitically the trend throughout the Far East and among the\npeoples of the Far East is toward nationalism. National\nindependence is the watch-word of the East. This trend,\nalready established, got a tremendous push forward during\nWorld War II when the Japanese played upon nationalist\ntendencies in an attempt to win the cooperation of the\npeoples of the areas from which they were driving the\nAmericans, the British, and the Dutch. The defeat of the\nJapanese"
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