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FROM THE DESK OF Harry S. Truman STATE III ANOVE TEL S Jan. 27.1952. The situation in the Far East is becomming more andrease difficult. Dealing with Communist Government is like an hourt man trying to deal with a head of a dope ring The Cora- number ket king or the munist Government the heads of minutes and dope rackets have no sense of hower and uo moral code. It now looks as if althat the Chinese manted when they asked for a Class fire Has a RWY ARCHINES NATIONAL AND OFFICE RECORDS U.S. GOVERN WINT FROM THE DESK OF Harry S. Truman chance to import Mar materials and resupply then front leass. H seems to the that the proper approa h now would he an ultimation with a ten day expiration himit inform- ing hoscour that Me intend to blockade the China coacthorn the Korean forder to Indo China, and that the intead to destroy every military have in than churia, incheding sufmarine faces, by thears you in our control and if there is fur then interference me shall URAT 5. ARCHIVES "NATIONAL TRUMAN AND LIBRAR RECORDS SERVICE" GOVERNMENT FROM THE DESK OF Harry S. Truman eliminate any ports or CANADA cities necessary to accouplish one peaceful purposes. That this situation can he avided by the inthdrawal of all Chinese troops from Korea and the Hoppage of all supplies of war materials fu Russia to Com- munist China We sheak faci- nees. We did not start this Norean affair but me intend to ead it for the benefit of the Korean Nations and the peace of the people, the authority of the United Morld. LIBRARY $ V HAVE RECORDS U.S. SERVICE GOVERNMENT FROM THE DESK OF Harry S. Truman We are tued of these phony calls for place when there is no intention to make an hoart approach to place There are exects in the immediate past which make if perfectly plain that the Soliet Government does not want place. It has froken every agree- meat made at Tehan, Yatta, and Patidam Hraped Roland, Roumania Cycka Slavakia, Hungary, Estonia BARRY & ARCHIVES NATIONAL TRUMAN AND LIBRATY RECORDS E.K. GOVERNALNI FROM THE DESK OF Harry S. Truman and Latria and Lithuavia who believe in self government The citizens of these countries have either been mundred or are in slase lafor camps. Prisoners of Would War II to the number of some 3,000, 3- oro are still held at slave fator coatrary to Class fire terms. children have been kidnapped by Russia by the thousand and in every country occupied neser again heard from This program is eridently a continuing one. is RUMAN FROM THE DESK OF Harry S. Truman THE ARCHIVES SCHERNMENT NATIONAL AND * It must top and stop noa We of the free would hase suppred long enough get the Chinacen out of Korea give Poland, Estonia, Latria, Lithuarnia, Rumania and Hugary their freedom to the things who are a Hacking Stop supplying Mar material the free would and sittle down to an hororable policy of keeping agreements which TRUMAN MARR NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE LIDRARY FROM THE DESK OF Harry S. Truman GOVERNMENT *** hase already feen made This thears all out Mar. If shedus that Moscow, St. Peters hug, mukden, Vladiroctock Pekia, Shanghai, Port Anthur, Dairen inema, Odessa, Stalingrand and every manufacturing plant in China and the Sonit Union will he eliminated. This is the final chance for the decide whether it desires to survise or not.

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