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Conforming to the peculiar rules of diplomacy, Mr. Truman named no names, but left no doubt about the identity of the aggressor. It was Soviet Russia. To some Americans his words sounded almost like a declaration...
...careless atomic aggressor, Professor Teller admits, might outsmart himself by poisoning the atmosphere too strongly: the radioactive wind might sweep around the world and irradiate his own nation. But even this obstacle is not insuperable: "Different radioactive products have different rates of decay. The attacker is therefore in a position to choose the radioactive products best suited to his attack. With the proper choice, he could ensure that his victim would be seriously damaged by them, and that they would have decayed by the time they reached his own country...
...Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928, in which 63 nations, including Germany, renounced aggressive warfare. During that period the whole world was one, [ but ] we lacked the courage to enforce the authoritative decision. . . . We did not reach the second half of the question: What will you do to an aggressor when you catch him? That answer escaped us for it implied a duty to catch the criminal, and such a chase meant...
From the Sudan south, the Central African bastion would widen out. From it, the British would be able to slam the gates of Suez on any aggressor. They could rake an enemy in the Persian oilfields with rockets launched in Kenya or Khartoum. No threat to a peaceful Soviet Union, the African girdle might be a potent barrier to Russian expansion across the Middle East toward India...
...note to Moscow the State Department bluntly warned that "should the Straits become the object of attack or threat of attack by an aggressor, the resulting situation . . . would clearly be a matter for action on the part of the Security Council of the United Nations...