On the recordDecember 10, 1952
It would have involved us in all-out war in the Far East, and we have been strenuously trying to avoid that all the time.
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presidency.ucsb.eduIt would have involved us in all-out war in the Far East, and we have been strenuously trying to avoid that all the time.
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