The President's News Conference
06/11/1952
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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...
The course of action you recommend has my approval.
The people of the United States have a very great asset in this force.
I hereby direct all departments and agencies of the Government to cooperate with the Secretary of State in the execution...