Dwight Eisenhower actually said...

The United States will continue to examine sympathetically means whereby it can assist the Japanese people to advance their well-being.

I believe we have a good group of foreign officers, as I have repeated time and again.

I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration to the Treaty and Protocol submitted herewith, and advise and consent to ...

So if a fighter escort is necessary where we know we have got a right to go, then we ought to use them.