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    "ocrText": "LORET\nWINE\nwash\nand\n4.8\n(3) UN forces within the beachhead would be subjected\nto constant attrition (and in the event of overt Soviet\nintervention, danger of annihilation).\n(4) The continued deployment of the Army forces of the\nFar East command in Korea would leave Japan more\nvulnerable to hostile invasion.\n(5) The US would be required to continue its support of\nseveral million Korean refugees.\n2. A UN beachhead would have the following short-term inter-\nnational political and psychological effects:\na. There would be an avoidance of the great loss of prestige\nto the UN and the diminution of confidence in the US that would\nfollow a withdrawal.\nb. The maintenance of a beachhead would place stresses on\nthe UN coalition stemming from increased fear of general war,\nprovide continued Communist propaganda opportunities arising\nfrom a conflict between the West and Asiatics, and continue\nEuropean concern over the diversion of major US military\nstrength to the Far East.\nC. The Chinese Communists would be prevented from achiev-\ning complete success in Korea and the beachhead would provide\na continued symbol of UN determination to resist aggression.\nd. Most Far Eastern countries would react favorably to the\nmaintenance of a UN beachhead® In Japan, maintenance of a beach-\nhead would be particularly advantageous with respect to negotiations\nleading toward a Japanese peace treaty. Those countries in South -\neast Asia vulnerable to an early Chinese Communist attack, however,\nwould be apprehensive about the possibility of a general war with\nChina while UN forces were involved in Korea, and Indonesia and\nBurma particularly would favor a withdrawal.\n- 3 -\nSECRET"
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