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and satellite troops being included. Under these circumstances, it is
doubtful whether some of the nations which can be classified as "soft
spots" would welcome the presence of such a United Nations force.
Therefore, there should be available to countries appealing to the
United Nations for assistance a provision that such a country could
request assistance by submitting a list of nations whom they would
consider friendly to their interests from which the United Nations
might request token forces who would serve under the flag of the
United Nations on the frontiers of that country.
In the event a veto prevented the above mentioned steps, it may be
taken as presumptive evidence of possible intent to attack and resort
may be had to collective self defense provisions of Article 51 and
token forces provided by individual nations as above.
  7., We cannot leave this question without pointing out the danger
which in our opinion exists that a Soviet attack on Formosa, Okinawa,
the Philippines or Japan might produce a situation where we alone
were fighting the Soviets. No special United Nations action has com-
mitted the United Nations as such to the defense of these areas. There
are, we understand, nothing but American troops in them with the
exception of some minor Australian forces. We all know from personal
experience how strong is the feeling for a third force in Europe, the
urge toward a neutrality which would keep Europe out of any con-
flict between the two superpowers, Soviet Russia and the United States.
Even in the United Kingdom this force has revealed itself on several
occasions and we believe that, with the increase in Russian striking
power and the demonstration of satellite strength in Korea, more and
more will be the tendency of the Europeans to keep out of a conflict
which they might feel would only result in their destruction as partici-
pants. For this reason we believe full recognition of the diplomatic
difficulties of the problem is necessary. We think that steps should be
taken to bring the new Far East line of Japan, Korea, Formosa, Oki-
nawa and the Philippines under the United Nations legal umbrella.
If and when we propose that the above areas be brought under the
legal umbrella of the United Nations, we must recognize the possibility
that the United Kingdom may wish to bring Hong Kong and Malaya
under a similar umbrella, that France may request such action with
respect to Indo-China and that Portugal may request protection for
Macao. The United States Government therefore should predetermine
its position with respect to such possible requests before taking action
with respect to its own interests.
  8. With the increased possibilities, due to recent developments, of
coup d'etats by Communistic forces in certain of the "soft spots",
the necessity for an all-out psychological warfare effort on the part
of the United States Government and an association of our Allies
becomes even more urgent. We will discuss this problem in somewhat