FOREIGN RELATIONS: Keystone

When Congress asked his advice on U.S. China policy, General Douglas MacArthur last week cabled from Tokyo:

"If we embark upon a general policy to bulwark the frontiers of freedom against the assaults of political despotism, one major frontier is no less important than another, and a decisive breach of any will inevitably threaten to engulf all. . . . Fragmentary decisions in disconnected sectors of the world will not bring an integrated solution. . . .

"Because of deep-rooted racial and cultural and business ties, we are prone to overconcentrate on happenings and events to our east and to underemphasize the...

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