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t Pacific.” ay am well 2 aware of the hell our hynige, Navy" ‘qna Marines 9 went “ahrough to acquire bases from which we could operate for the successful con etion of the last war. .Is the State Department better. equipped, “end dosa it have pore Anowledge of warfare, Combat technique and whet geogrephical | 7 and,” ‘eepecially, ‘the West ‘Coast ‘of these United States. ‘of Auerica, ‘than Lead" = <.ers"of our armed forces wuch as General Dougles Machrthur, whe has spent more “in the Pacific-and who has"a mach more ‘thorough ‘knowledge $f conditions «.2) Zahbare and who, ‘all ‘wild admit, - -incjuding the personne] of the armed ° Mid an exceptionally good job--actually one beyond reproachs alse General. ‘$Qlaire Channault of the Air Corps--both of whom heave stated the necessity for - @efending Formosa at all cost. In addition to bringing forth this point as ee <-to the. qualification of General HacArthur to determine the course ef action ~~: 5 7 thet @hould be taken, it would be well for the public, snd especially the mex * bers of our State Department ‘and Congress to tour the Orient and see the con- | ditions not only of the personnel of the Chinese Armies but also those af the .. English Armies in the Orient, and then make a trip to Japan where: ‘the secupa- So : Syut direct and guide you through Japan proper. “Jt would make you proud to be “ : “an American, to see the morale and condition of the American troops in Japan; | a ) and 4t would make any nation think twice before an attack on this nation when OE Sher: Niew our boys | and see their contentment, and morale. Pa a et _ : oe _. If we lose Formosa we wild ‘have ‘Tost. not only | a - parfect silitary - me “base for Arny operations, but the contrdlling link between China, the Philip- “uy pines, Indo China, Siam, Burma and all ‘of India; and it is a well kmom fact “that “the Philippines wii go Communist within: a short period after the fall of “Formosa. We know that it has been a published fact that the Communists of . = Cnina have openly stated that they will assiot the Communists of India te. gain = ‘yeentrol of that country and area. There can be no reason, political or per. - <ponal, ‘great enough that our present Adninistration should hand over'te the |. = ‘“Coumunists that which we, the former officers and men of the armed forces, sac-.~ eri¥iced so much to capture or acquire during the last war: “The ‘BO called White . kes Assued by the State Departaent wes 4 nothing | wt. a blind! to, hide their als~. * aoa 7 takes: ‘ana 1 plundering in Chins. = oe ~ i . - The foregoing and what. ty now “have tor Bey is ny own: ‘personal ‘opinion, na 1s ‘te ‘also my opinion that we have the most plundering, © ‘untrained group of -.. oe in our State Department » or it 49 definitely being run or inspired by” Com : writing not ‘only in behalf of the Chinese Nationalist Governzent . .of-China,: eit ” “ because I am in position to kndw what will happen in the Pacific and the Wést a & - Coast of these United States of America in the event of a war with Russia and . ao eit we do not possess these bases in the Pacifié for F operations, under ‘those, : Sond itions - : noo. oo Oe eae as ae