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...Hopper admitted that as a candidate, Eisenhower is "out of character, handling unfamiliar weapons." He insists, however, that as Commander-in-Chief he would be "the Eisenhower of the decisive years of the war." He would once again prove himself to be the "first soldier-statesman of the Free World...
Terming the General "a homeric master of overall strategy, a military administrator, a self-less leader, who could never be controlled by other persons or groups," Hopper says that Ike is the only man capable of achieving unity among our allies. This leadership in the fight against communism, he said, is America's role, "predestined by long-range forces in the history of nations...
...Hopper is convinced that a change of party is necessary in order for this country to carry out its mission. He likened American democracy to "a convertible whose body and motor are sound, but whose top leaks because of long exposure and wear." He said that a new top is needed "until it too begins to leak...
...commanding desire for a change," Hopper said, "is in order to make a fresh start in strategic thinking, to undo insofar as possible, the blunders committed at Teheran, Yalta, and Potsdam." He attributed these mistakes to "untimely export of American good will and superficial understanding of the nature of totalitarian regimes," and added that a "Democratic regime, no matter who the President, would be anchored in the blunders which lost Poland and China to the Free World...
Although he believes that a "fresh start" is necessary, Hopper does not "for a moment believe that a Republican administration could or would change the main lines of our foreign policies...