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expect very-great results. Mr. Lovett said that-that was quitepossibly
true, but- that if our ýneedling tactics lare sharp and nasty enough
we may have :psychological results which will makel them     well
worth-while.
  ..He suggested thatthe.' paper might also anticipate and discuss in
the chapter on "Possible Courses of Action" the: suggestion that
has
been made before and may be made again, that the U.S.S.R. and the
the United States divide the World inht spheres of influence.
  He ýalso thought ,a part of our program should be to sp'end '-more
money on defense of the United States with radar and automatic
weapns. The defense of ,the home-lAnd is a very popular subject with
most people and at the present time t h.e cizens of the united States
are very nervous because they don't see anything being done in,.that,
field. If something were done it would give them more composure ,and
result in ua better 'atmo.sphere s in which to conduct the cold war.
  Mr. Lovett said he had no doubts whatsoever about our economic
capabilities. In fact, lhe thought that theIeconomy of the Unilted States
might benefit from the kind of build-up ,which we .were suggesting.
In this connection lhe added that 'he thought there was ,practically
nothing that the country could not do if it wanted t6 do it. It becomes
stronger economically every day. Except for a few minor items, the
far West, which he had just visited, is self-sufficient economically.
That part of our exports which we ha~ve had to subsidize has amounted
to about 1% of our naýtional income, whic is a very small price to
pay
for the results achieved. It is, however, in:the interest of our national
security to increase our imports. Hesees no financital problems worthy
of tihe name involved in the build-up which we shall -have to make.
He pointed out that the Committee on Economic Development has
proven that there are between 1 Iand:3.'billion do0llarsof fat, in our pres-
entt budgetý which could be converted to cash for other purposes..
  He said that we had a terrible problem of public information and
support and made several suggestions: (1) that we get in what he
called a "group of paraphrasers" who:could turn what it is we have
to say to the American people D into understandable ,terms for the
average-manonthe -,street. (2) tht we parcel out our message to a
number,_of the, bestspeakers in ,the Government to be, ,reiterated and
reirterated& and reiterated,_('3) we ,should enlist the ,aid of schools,
colleges, churches, ,and oither groups. In tapping ;all the sources we
will find that somewhere, in ithis Government is,,a specialist in almost
everything in the-w0orld and as he story gets underway and the people
gradually begin to see some leadership 'we will get help from all kinds
of Sources. (4) hesuggested- that ,we get a group of elder statesmen


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