Good evening, my fellow citizens. I return this morning from a weak long trip to

Europe, and I want to report to you on that trip in full. It was in every sense

an unforgettable experience. I went to Vienna to meet the leader of the Soviet Union

Mr. Kusher. For two days we met in sober, intensive conversation. In the 1940s

and early 50s, the great danger was from communist armies marching across

pre-border, which we saw in Korea. Our nuclear monopoly helped to prevent this in other

areas. Now we face a new and different threat. We no longer have a nuclear

monopoly. Their missiles, they believe, will hold off our missiles. And their troops

can match our troops. Should we intervene in these so-called wars of liberation?

Thus the local conflict they support can turn in their favor through

guerrillas or insurgents or subversion. A small group of disciplined communists

could exploit discontent and misery in a country where the average income may be

$70 a year. And seized control, therefore, of an entire country without communist

troops ever crossing any international frontier. This is the communist theory.

Mr. Kusher made one point which I wish to pass on. He said there are many disorders

throughout the world, and he should not be blamed for them all. He is quite right.

It is easy to dismiss this communist inspired every anti-government or anti-American

riot. Every overthrow of a corrupt regime. For every mass protest against

misery and despair, these are not all communist inspired. The communist move into

exploits to infiltrate their leadership, to ride their craft to victory.

The communist did not create the conditions which caused them all.

The communist movement of the republic of the Soviet Union

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