Page:Longines Chronicles with Admiral Arthur Dewey Struble 1953 ARC-96074.ogv/17

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Huie
Do you think that it's perhaps desirable that we should help Japan become a sort of counterweight to Russia in the orient?

Struble
I think that Japan is very important in our overall strategic position in the Far East. Japan, the Ryukyus, Formosa, and the Philippines are our western ramparts.

Haynes
Admiral--

Struble
All are very important.