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Chronicle (Levin), 6 March 1948, Page 5

Roccived,'Fridav, 74) p.'m. AVA.S1I1NGTON, Alarch 4. " . The United Sthtes would "pay in IRood" unless it hctetl imiiiediately tc liftlt . communism by givirig military as. well as econoniic aid to threatened countries, said Lieut.-General Albert Wedemever wlio conimanded tlie Americun l'orces in (dvina during ihe war. j lie was giving his views to .tlie Hou.se j Fpreign Affairs. Cominitee 011 the admiiii.stration 's propos,ed 570,000,000 dollars e'conomi'c aid progntmnie to China. Gen'eral Wedemeyei; said : " I don't think dollars alone will st'op the spread of Communism any where 111 tlie 'world. 1 pred'u-t that if \ve don't take. appropriate steps to stop -tkis Communist contlagration, \ve are going to pay j in blood. We must calculate the cost in blood." ! It was too Iate, he deelared, for eco- ' nomic aid alone to suve China because I tlie vast inoveiiienl which had engulfed j Poland, Czechoslovakia and probablv would e-ngulf Finland, was sweeping ' down towards China from the liortli. General Wedemever said thev (lid not think American military participation in the Cliinese civil war necessary but the l nited Btates should give military aid to Cliiang ivai-sliek's Governmeiu. Apptirently lie and Mr. Alarshall had an honest differeuce of opinion 'on tlie question of military aid to china. (Alr. ALarshaU told the committee recently he bpjio'sed further Jarge-scale ihilitary aid to China.) General Wedemever said: "1 don't think we should create econoniic strengtli anywhere unless we are prepared to protec't it.r' He adinitted it was difficult at times to olitain eoopcratiou from tlie Cliinese Governnient but its ultimate ainis were% the saiue as those of tlie United .States. Cliinese Coinmunists 011 the other hand were trving to advanee the ainis of couiiuunisin. General Wedemeyer wrote a report 011 (hina at tlie Presideut 's request in 1047 but it was suppressed by Presideut Truman and Alr. Alarshall on tlie ground that it would not be in the interests eitlier of China or tlie United States to publish it.