Volume 5 Number 44
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31 October 19§0 ".
RfTiESSRGE FROm cno
‘ 24 OCTOBER 1960 . . • Americans are facing the continuing reality that the
Free World and.the Sino-Soviet Bloc are engaged in a political, economic and
psychological struggle that can be as disastrous as any nuclear war which we
may encounter. It is just as essential • that we win this war of ideals and
ideas --'cold war, as we have come to call it -- as it is that we win any kind
of military conflict. -,.u
Today,, we’ posses'sthe nuclear’capability to destroy any aggressor, many times
over. W.e. also have a limited war capability. But in addition, v\e have a poten
tial for contributing materially to the winning of this other very real kind of
war,
col.d war.
The lines between war and peace are Diurrea. uommunisr psycnoiogieai wel
fare, economic penetration, diplomatic pressure, and the threat of force, all
create a situation of constant conflict, constant pressure, which can erupt into
many kinds-of crises, in any number of places. Let us not be deluded in our
yearning for-a• peaceful-world. We face a long period of conflict, as long as
the Communists insist upon expanding -their influence, and imposing the will of
the Kremlin over people the world over.
'Where then, does the answer lie for us? The United States 'wants peace, of
course, but not at the price of freedom,' not at the price of honor, not at the
price of 'self-respect, either as free men, or as an independent nation. Our
country must continue as a leader.iri this great international'effort to create
a world environment irv which human liberty can flourish. .
So the answer lies in the day-to-day determination of Americans to excel in
everything they do., in our readiness to stand firm in every pressure area and
not give in to the’Communist battle along any front.;' Whether we shall succeed
in this great human enterprise is, up toeach of us', individually and as a nation.
‘ ' .. /s/ ARLEIGH BURKE