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...only the consent of Congress and the Administration to set in motion its well-trained cadres, the plane designs, the waiting aircraft plants. "Wherever we are, our frontier is above our heads," General Vandenberg once told his fellow airmen at Maxwell Field, "and it extends above and over any aggressor who dares break the peace. There are no barriers between us and any enemy, and the hours that separate us are few. Our job is to be ready to meet an aggressor, at any time, in any strength...
Shirer said that Romulo of the Philippines was probably correct in saying that Japan hasn't changed overnight from a militaristic aggressor to a peaceful democracy...
...Exercise Long Horn, the vast Army-Air Force mock war in Texas, the green-clad Aggressor forces had just seized a position deep behind the defenders' lines and were massing for a new attack. Suddenly a blank mortar shell exploded over the invaders' heads with a roar and a burst of smoke. The umpires stunned the Aggressors with a terse ruling: 1,600 of their men had just been put out of action; the exploding shell symbolized a devastating hit by a revolutionary new weapon, atomic artillery...
...done before, proposed a defensive alliance that would include not only Japan, the Philippines, Australia and New Zealand, but also the islands of Indonesia and the menaced countries of Southeast Asia. With the alliance, he said, there should be a clear warning that retaliation would be visited on any aggressor...
...most significant step in this preparation was a United Nations Political Committee recommendation that member nations maintain special elements of their armed forces suitable for use by the UN. This enables the UN to face any aggressor with a rapid buildup of deterrent strength. And in a more specific military move, six nation talks began in Washington last Friday to discuss military contributions of armed forces to Southeast Asia. These preparations insure that the United Nations will not be caught napping if a Chinese Communist invasion materializes in Indo-China...