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...Korean war has been going on for two years (as of June 25), the truce talks for a year (as of July 10). The war has pinned down the flower of the U.S. fighting forces and is costing $5 billion a year. Only one-tenth of a nation (the fighting men, their families and friends) pay much attention...
...changes he wanted made, Clark turned to the Korean dilemma. His 8:30 a.m. briefers gave him the figures on the enemy buildup-some 1,800 planes, 1,000,000 men, vast piles of war material. The general could see that the enemy, by his holding attack at the truce table, had greatly improved his position since a year ago. How had this come about...
...seem profound when first heard, and turn out on closer examination to be gibberish. The pronouncement: "You are never going to cut this budget markedly until you get a program of peace working in the world, which comes in two stages. The first you might call a real truce that convinces the other fellow that there is no use of this expensive fighting, and then finally, from that position of strength, begin to develop a little sense in a progressive system of disarmament, and that means complete examination of the problem...
...Churchill's proposal to include a British delegate in the U.N. truce team was taken up with Mark Clark, who was agreeable to the plan. But Alexander himself advised against it because 1) the Americans are taking what he thinks is a correct line, 2) the Reds might interpret the addition of a British representative as evidence of Anglo-U.S. friction...
...more experienced" British would have handled things better, reacted to Alexander's report with an audible gulp, then stressed-a little belatedly-that the U.S. and Britain have really always seen eye to eye on events in Korea. Bevanites, who argue that the U.S. has deliberately fouled up truce negotiations, were shocked and incredulous: any stick will do to beat the Americans. But since Britons far & wide admire and respect their Defense Minister, it looked as if some attitudes would have to be revised...