I am bitterly opposed to the proposal of the President and of the Secretary of State as expressed in the press to send immediately 1.200 additional Marines into China. .We already have some 2.500 troops in China. about 1.500 Marines and the rest Infantry. In addition we have 10 American gunboats parading up and down the Yangtze River. for what purpose I have never been able to learn. In addition we have also a whole fleet cruising up and down off the shores of China. It seems to me that if we do not want to be involved in an Asiatic war we should withdraw all of our troops. our marines. our soldiers. and our gunboats from China where they do not belong anyhow.