JAPAN’S VALUE IN ASIA
Review By General Van Fleet
(Rec. 8 p.m.) NEW YORK, June 5. General James Van Fleet said last night that he did not believe the United States would have to send ground troops to meet Communist threats in South-east Asia, but America would have to supply any native army and probably support it with naval and air forces in the event of full-scale warfare.
The former Sth Army Commander in Korea has been surveying the United States Military Aid Programme in the Far East as a special ambassador for Mr Eisenhower.
General Van Fleet the importance of Japan in summing up military strength in the Far East. “Japan represents the ‘know-how’ in the manufacturing of weapons in that part of the world. With the native population in those countries and Japan’s manufacturing potential we hope we can develop the strength to take care of the Communist threat,” he said.
General Van Fleet did not single out Indo-China but mentioned that country, along with Siam, Malaya, Japan, Korea, Nationalist China, and the Philippines as nations included in his survey.
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Press, Volume XC, Issue 27369, 7 June 1954, Page 9
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