F. Communism was acting there just as Hitler, Mussolini, and the Japanese had acted ten, fifteen, and twenty years earlier. I felt certain that if [the] South [part] was allowed to fall, Communist leaders would be emboldened to
override nations closer to our own shores. If the Communists were permitted to force their way into there] without
opposition from the free world, no small nation would have the courage to resist threats and aggression by stronger
Communist neighbors. If this was allowed to go unchallenged it would mean a third world war, just as similar
incidents had brought on the second world war. It was also clear to me that the foundations and the principles of the
United Nations were at stake unless this unprovoked attackcould be stopped."