I should like. as a background for my remarks today on the pending resolution. to try to dramatize Asia as I see it. and to indicate why we are living and shall continue to live in very critical times unless we recognize the significance of Asia as a whole. I Let us first consider a line from Korea. down through China. and down through Indochina. We see today three danger spots which might well result in the entire Asiatic world being engulfed in communism. and. if that should happen. the security of the United States and the western free world would be seriously threatened. Today there is a crisis in Korea. and It is a continuing one. If there should be a breach of the armistice in Koreaand there might well be if we should fail to protect ourselvesthe whole Japanese area would be threatened.