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ie —~ me Fragmentary decisions in “Aisconnected sectors 0 world will not bring an integrated ‘solution. The problem insofar as the United States is concerned is an overall one and can only be resolved on the broadest possible global basis. It; would be utterly fallacious to underrate either China’ 's needs or her importance. Must Bulwark All Frontiers For if we embark upon a general policy to bulwark the frontiers of freedom against the assaults of political des-- ‘pétism, one major frontier is no less important than an- other, and a decisive breach of any will inevitably threaten to engulf: all. ¢ Beeaitse of deep-rooted racial and cultural and business ties, we are prone to overconcentrate on happenings and events to our east and to underemphasize the importance of those to our west. America’s -past lies deeply rooted in the areas across the Atlantic, but the hope of American generations of the future to keep pace with the progress of those of the past lies no less in the happenings and events across the Pacific. “While fully availing ourselves of the potential to the east, to our western horizon we must look both for hope of a better life through yet untapped opportunities for trade and commerce in the advance of Asiatic races, and threat against the life with which we are even now endowed. For beyond horizon upon the outcome of the ideological struggles in which opposing forces are now engaged and the restoration of political, economic and social stability, rests war or peace, assurance or threat, hope or fear. China Problem Somewhat Clouded The international aspect of the Chinese problem un- fortunately has become somewhat clouded by demands for internal reform. Desirable as such “reform may be, its importance is but secondary to the issue of civil strife now engulfing the land, and the two issues. are as im- possible of synchronization as it would be to alter the structural design of a house while the same was being consumed by flame. Friendly and searching as our interest may be in the reformation of China’s institutions and practices to bring them closer into line with our own concept of liberty and justice, and right and wrong, the maintenance of China’s integrity against destructive forces which threaten her engulfment is of infinitely more immediate concern. For with the firm maintenance of such integrity, reform ! will gradually take place in the evolutionary processes of ‘. China’s future. The flow to China of military supplies, surplus to our own requirements, has been resumed. Additional material support should be measured in equi- table relation to such global aid as may be determined