Note 170 — Chapter VII · WHO IS THE DEFEATIST?

Congressional Record, July 24, 1961, pp. 12280-12281, col. 3,b. The Senator thought that possible action on our part might provoke the Soviets to an unrestricted nuclear arms race. At the very moment he was saying this, the Communists were finishing their preparations for renewed atmospheric testing, although we had not prepared for such and had not “provoked” them into doing this! When will some people learn that the driving power of communist activity is not reaction to our moves, but a positive program of world conquest based on their world view.