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"Interpreted as the obvious proof of the priority granted by Washington to European affairs, the fall from favor of General MacArthur moreover leads the Japanese to wonder with anguish whether Anerica will continue to show the same interest in the economic recovery of their country and especially in its defense against the — Soviet menace. . “Renresenting one of the essential and permanent Jactors of Japanes _dlicy, fear of the USSK may, according to (1 GU) play to the advantage or detriment of the Western powers. Japanese leaders already are very hesitant to excite the animosity of the USSR against their country (2 GM) as of the (1 GM). To the extent that they might consider that they could no longer count on Wash- ington, they would be led further still to deal tactfully with Moscow. "(2 GM) declaration made by General Ridgeway in his new capacity as Supreme Commander and its sending of Mr. John Foster Dulles, who arrived at Tokyo on the very day of General MacArthur's Gdeparture, were obviously for the purpose of reassuring Japanese apprehensions regarding the settlement of peace as well as the future ortentation of American policy in the Far East. “Moreover, the preoccupations appear at least premature considering the repercussions on the American internal plane of General MacArthur's fall from favor and of the necessity in which the Administration will find itself to show the firmness of its plans and the continuity of its action whether it is a question of Korea, Japan, or the entire Pacific." LECCMMENDATION : For your information. To be referred ae |.) for permanent retention. K