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London. "The demand for TIME is up about 20% since the onset of the Korean war. To some extent the increase is due to American visitors, 'but mainly it is due to British interest in Korea. The people feel that they are vitally affected and want to get firsthand news. According to one of our biggest wholesalers, 'The people want to see how the Americans feel the war is going in Korea...
...positions are intimately interwoven. For this is a guerrilla war, waged amongst and to some extent by the population of the country. For proof of this, come with me to South Korea and see with me some of the scenes that I have lately witnessed or heard of at firsthand...
...mounting public clamor to send Canadian ground force troops to Korea. With the country seemingly convinced that the three Canadian destroyers and a squadron of ten transport planes already assigned for the Korean campaign were not enough, External Affairs Chief Lester Pearson flew to Washington to get a firsthand appraisal of the military situation. The secret report he brought back to Ottawa helped tumble the last opposition. At a four-hour meeting, the cabinet decided that a brigade of 4,000 to 5,000 volunteers should be recruited immediately for the Korean front...
...material for this week's cover story on K. C. Wu, governor of threatened Formosa, has been drawn from many sources, including firsthand guidance from John Osborne, TIME-LIFE senior correspondent in the Far East. Osborne took off for the Far East a month before the Korean war began. It was a new experience for a seasoned correspondent whose geographical beat during the last 20 years has been mainly Europe and the Americas...
...Fighting Infantry. The air and sea forces available to MacArthur were more than adequate to deal with North Korea's obsolete air force and puny navy. But the general's trip to Korea had given him firsthand evidence that air and naval support alone would not save the situation. As the defenders fell back, President Truman on June 30 gave MacArthur permission to send in U.S. ground forces...