FOREIGN RELATIONS, 19 5 0, VOLUME I


of manpower which we formerly got from the subcontinent of India,
and- there may be reductions in the numbers available from Africa.
Similarly, we may not be able to count on China for any substantial
numbers of manpower. Nevertheless, there are very large untapped
resources of manpower in the parts of the world which are friendly
to us. We commonly assume that when a country is communized, its
manpower resources are immediately and fully available to the Soviet
Union. We have no comparablebasis for counting such resources on
our side. In some cases we are now hampered by views of our allies
which can not be ignored; in other cases, we are not.
   in considering the use of military manpower, we are faced with
 many questions such as:
   1. The use of Allied troops;
   2. The stimulation of effective build-up of armies in friendly
 countries;
 S3 The admission of volunteers to our armed forces;
   4. The training of foreign units (possibly along the lines of the
 Philippine Scouts) for use with our troops;
   5. The possible development ofea foreign legion under American
 leadership.
   It may well be that our manpower requirements will be such that
we will be forced-to resort: to all possibledevices to increase the pool
of available manpower. Certainly, it would.be wise at least to study
all such possible devices and to make the best possible plans for their
use. Eventually, this would, of course, be a problem for common:action
with other friendly nations.
   The question of collective forces is another which would need to be
fully explored. I have in mind both the question of the development
*and use of UN forces under the Uniting for Peace Resolution, in a
UN legion or otherwise, and the question of regional forces such as
those which might be developed in this Hemisphere. It seems to me
that it is just not good enough to say that such and such a people
are not good or effective soldiers. It has been pretty clearly-demon-
strated that almost any person in good health can be trained, equipped,
and led to make an effective military contribution.
  In an effort to stimulate further thinking on this problem and
to elicit other ideas, I suggest that the Senior Staff arrange for a
preliminary discussion which I hope would lead to a prompt and
full study of the manpower problem; and that this study explore all
likely sources of manpower and the best means for developing and
utilizing such manpower as is likely to be available. I would hope
that this study could be approached, from an entirely objective stand-
point, and that the past tendencies to minimize the value of effective-
ness of foreign manpower be kept at a minimum.


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