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withholding of the remainder would bring our efforts to an end in
mid-course. It is our considered judgment that if our limited
assistance is continued the Republic will have a good chance of
survival as a free nation. Should such further aid be denied,
that chance may well be lost and all our previous efforts perhaps
prove to have been vain.
We are concerned not only about the consequences of this
abrupt about-face in Korea, whose government and people have
made valiant efforts to win their independence and establish
free institutions under the most difficult circumstances, but we
are also deeply concerned by the effect which would be created
in other parts of the world where our encouragement is a major
element in the struggle for freedom.
It is difficult for us to believe that the Members of the House
of Representatives who voted against this measure took sufficiently
into account the serious implications of this action upon the
position of the United States in the Far East. These implications
were set forth in considerable detail in hearings before the
committees of Congress by the Department of State, Department
of Defense and the Economic Cooperation Administration.
In our judgment it would be disastrous for the foreign policy
of the United States for us to consider this action by the House
of Representatives as its last word on the matter.
Faithfully yours,
Acan Anhison
SERVICE" AND
CONFIDENTIAL
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