Word: japanned
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Viewing the necessary common bases for a North Atlantic community, Brinton emphasized the necessity of outside pressure in order to start any alliance or federation of sovereign states. He claimed that the fear of Germany and Japan was instrumental in forming the United Nations and that fear of Russia may cause an all-powerful third state in Europe...
...Awarded Korea to Japan...
...Reaching for Our Hats." Royall's aide, Major James King, gave his own version of what his boss had said: "We can't leave Japan, but it might not be a bad idea if some of the Japs thought we were reaching for our hats...
...more important for the U.S. to keep a foothold in Western Europe than in Japan. Japan is not a very good place from which to do strategic bombing of possible Russian targets. The U.S. does not owe the Japanese anything. The U.S. had the right, and duty, to disarm them after the war, even though someone else might later cut their throats...
Royall's views on the military value of Japan were debatable. But there was no doubt that his careless talk-followed by his official announcement last week that the U.S. would not now increase its forces in Japan-had persuaded many people throughout the Far East that the U.S. could not be relied on to help them make a stand against Russian expansion...