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...Reischauer predicted that India would probably sign a similar treaty with Japan herself at a later date...
...truce talks fail, Reischauer thinks the U.N. would be justified in studying the feasibility of the MacArthur proposals for 1) use of Nationalist troops in Korea; 2) blockade of the Chinese mainland; 3) bombing of Manchurian and Chinese bases; 4) invasion of the Chinese mainland...
...four proposals, Reischauer considers a full blockade of the Chinese coast the best with which to start. The others do not seem nearly so advisable to him, particularly the one advocating a landing in China. He pointed out also that "there might not be enough Chinese troops in Formosa to make the use of the Nationalists in Korea worthwhile...
Both men felt it "highly improbable" that Russia herself would actively intervene in the Korean conflict. Reischauer thought it possible, however, that the Soviet might contribute some kind of "half-way help--perhaps so-called 'volunteer units...
Americans tend to overemphasize the importance of India in Asia, according to Reischauer. "She certainly wields little influence on Western Asia--the Mohammaden world--none at all on the Far East, and only some over Burma, Ceylon and Indonesia. The latter two countries signed the treaty despite her,"he pointed out. "The only danger of her attitude on the peace conference was that she might sway the Asian nations, which, it turned out, she didn...