From the Russian viewpoint. that would be something for the nations of the west to determine. Probably our weakness in the Korean truce negotiations has persuaded the Kremlin that public opinion in the west would not support another war of such proportions. Not long ago the American Joint Chiefs of Staff indicated in the public press a belief that a blockade of the Asiatic coast. from Port Arthur in Manchuria to Singapore in Malaya. and bombing of the Manchurian and transSiberian railways. would effectively cut Red China off from all important sources of arms supplies. Then Chinese communism would die. so to speak. on the vine. Chiang Kaisheks forces and the Nationalist guerrilla forces on the mainland could take over.