03/20/1951
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"We must be better armed and better equipped than we are today if we are to be protected from the dangers which still face us."
"I have just returned from Wake Island, where I had a very satisfactory conference with Gen. Douglas MacArthur."
"We discussed Japan and the need for an early Japanese peace treaty."
"There is no substitute for personal conversation with the commander in the field who knows the problems there from firsthand experience."