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Red maste r on behalf of the Un ite dSta tes of Am er ica . • Pr ote cti on with the shiel d of American civi l liber tie sof thos e trai tors in our mi dst whose ver y mis sion wa s to tak e aw ay ou r civ il lib ert ies . • Cen sure of the no t ver y cou th Sena tor who sto od as the sym bol of pat rio ticAmeri ­ can det erm ina tionto rout ou t the Com­ mu nis ts and communism'sunwittin ghan d­ maid en s; con dem nat ionof th is American who too ruth lessly ide nti fie dfuture Ameri­ can ens lav ement withpre sen t American com pro mi se. • Gro ss stu pid ity in sho we rin gRed Ti to wit h dol lar s, thu s str eng the nin ghi s gr ip on an opp res sed an d per secuted na tio n — all in the bli nd and contra dic tor ybe lie f that the re are two kin ds of Commun ists . • Weak en ing of Eisenh ower' s for thr igh t stan don Formo saby hi s sub seq uent requ est to the fu til e UN to neg oti ate a ce as efire , wh ich en tai led fur the r com promi se. • Ba rg ain ing in dip lomatic talk s behin d the sce ne s,thu s conv ey ingan imp res sionof eve ntu al rea din ess to app eas e. • Tr ag ica lly chi cke n-h ear ted deafn ess to the ple as of tra gic ally lion -hea rted Hun­ gar ian pa tri ots . From ins ide and outsid e the UN , from Re publi can sand Dem ocra ts,fromma ga zin e scr ibe sand tele vis ion phari see s, in fo re ign cha nc ell eri esand in Con gres s itse lf, the re tod ay stil l shril lsthe cry of "flex ib ili ty ." Th ere are som e Am eri can s, howe ver , who se memo ry go es back 13 yea rs to the tim e we fle xibly sacrif iceda loy al fig ht ing all y, Fre e Po lan d, in the vai n hop e of placat ing St ali n and wi nn inga pea ce. "B ut we' re not dea lin gwith Sta lin now, " wi shf ull ythink the coe xis ter s. "Wh en Sta lin die d, some thi ngsud den ly hap pen ed to the Ru ssia n charac ter that mi gh t make eve ry­ thi ng di ffe rent . An yhow , the on ly oth er ch oic eis nu cle arwar . Sowe must obvio usl y lear n to liv e peac efu llywit h ou r en em ies . rica. tection i il li ties o t i n il ties. t l ri tic i- ination - ists nis 's u i g h - i ens; nation i t les ly tified f i- l e ent with t romise. • ss t i ity ring it ll s, t s thening h i ressed te i n - ll i t dictory ists. • Weakening of Eisenhower's ight t s subsequent request t t tile nego iate fi e, which entailed further compromise. r aining l atic s, e ing es ion al i es se. • agically i - earted es i al y rted - i iots. i e , blicans ts, f zine i es i ion ise s, i cel eries a i s l , l ills ibility." e icans, r, s ry s ti e i l iced ting ll , l d, l ing li ing . t ' li g li i ful y t t rs. "When l i , thing s ly ed s i n ter t - rent. o , i e i r . o sly ef lly ies.

Squ are , the nation is inv olv ed in a new typ e of dilemma that ha s thre e horn s, of wh ich the thi rd is peac efu lcoexisten ce. At pres stime, nobody from Sib eri a was imm ediately ava ilable fo r commen t as the world 's stat esmen an d spokesm en debated the pros and con s of pe ace ful coe xis ten ce and anot her far cic alcon fer en ce athe sum­ mi t. Some cal led it "p eace wit h hon or. " Tho se who like d to ca ll a club a clubpre­ fer red to dub Am eri ca' sfo re ign po licy of pea cef ul coe xis ten ce as "p eace at an y price. " Str ipp ed of euph em ist icsem ant ics , the issu e bo ils down to th is :Can you trust a Commu nist? But fre sh memorie sof con­ fer enc es at Ya lta , Panmun jom ,Ber lin and Gen eva fad e int o a con ven ien tlyforg otte n past for today's planne rs of a brave new pea cef ull yco ex ist ingwo rld . Tw o wee ks bef ore he wa s fir st elec ted Pr esi den t, Dwigh t D. Eis enh ower vowe d: "Our dete rminat ion mu st go bey ond the neg ati ve con cep t of con tai nm ent to the po siti ve con cep t of ex pa nd ingby pea cef ul me ans the are as of fre edom. If thi s is not don e, we will onc e ag ain fin d our selv es at war. It must be don e. It ca n be don e." Ov er the mo re than fiv eyear s sinc ethes e cam pai gn wor ds were spo ken , the Un ited Sta tes has not eve n app roa che dthe con cep t of con tainment, let alo ne gone bey ond it to the con cep tof libera tio n. U .S . pol icy ha s foll owed the lin e of lea st res istance— the con cep t of con ces sions,the con cep t of con­ fer enc es, the con cep t of peac efu l coe xist ­ en ce. Sin ce 1952, thi s ha s been the app ease ­ ment pic tur e: • Sel lou t in Ko rea aft er a war we did n't fig ht to win , ag ain stan en em ywhose lan d we trea ted as pr ivi leg edsan ctu ary . • Ac qu iescen cein Gen eva ov er Ind och ina , whe re firs t we shook a fis t and the n a fin ge r. • Ope ratio n Bended Kn ee in Peip ing, whe re we wa tch ed humi lia ted wh ile a Sw ed e ma de serv ile int erc ess ion wit h the re, ti l e in t a s, i ef l c ce. t sti e, y a i i tel il l t rl 's e e debated t f l te ce i al ence at - t. " s cl b - r e ica's ign c ful tence ce ri ." t i ed e istic tics, t il is: nist? i s - ces l , unjo , iently t n t ' rs c ful y i ting l . o s President, i t o er d: ination n tive t ent itive e t ding l s s o . e, s l es . t . t e s since aign s , t t ched t f i ent, t ce t tion. . . i ed - t sions, t - e ces, t ef l - . i ce 1952, - e: l t i t , st y t t i ileged ary. • iescence ina, t r. ti n e ing, ed li ted il ile ces ion

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