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...China, French forces fell back from the hard-won gains made by the late General de Lattre de Tassigny. On Washington's high levels there was talk that sounded like defeatism for the Pacific, e.g., that U.S. air power lies virtually at the mercy of a Chinese Communist buildup which now numbers 1,700 planes (including 900 jets...
General Eisenhower got a new topside teammate last week: an American civilian to take charge of the whole kit & caboodle of the U.S. defense buildup in Europe outside Ike's field of military command. He is William Henry Draper Jr., 57, New York investment banker and professional troubleshooter. President Truman appointed Draper to a new omnibus post: 1) senior U.S. civilian official, with the rank of full ambassador, in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; and 2) head man in Europe of the new Mutual Security Agency, which has replaced the Marshall Plan. Draper will be the supreme civilian spokesman...
...Grimace. From Communist China came fresh reports of a Red Chinese buildup in the south. The southern city of Nanning is now, thanks to Soviet aid, a big Chinese army base. The Peking government announced that it had completed a rail line south from Nanning to within ten miles of the Indo-Chinese border. Reports from Formosa, not always reliable, said Communist leaders from all Southeast Asia had been summoned to a conference on "the early liberation" of Southeast Asia...
...ominous buildup of Communist forces on the Indo-Chinese border, coupled with Mr. Vishinsky's threats of "events taking there place" in Southeast Asia, emphasize the possibility of Korean-type aggression in that area. But unlike the situation in June 1950, both the United Nations and Allied military leaders are fortunately preparing to counter possible aggression before it engulfs them...
...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...