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Soviet Occupation Policy
At 09:37 PM 8/1/2000 -0700, Stuart Millis wrote:
>As Ed pointed out, it was only the Soviet fear of, not only nuclear but also
>conventional, long-range air power that stopped them. Dresden had a
message and
>that message was directed at Stalin. Stalin listened and took notes.
>
Not "fear" but convenience. The Soviets ASKED us to occupy South Korea:
MacArthur tried to waffle out, as he wanted the maximum US troops available
for occupation of the Japanese home islands, but was over-ruled by the US
State Department. If the Soviets had wanted to occupy all of Korea, we
wouldn't have batted an eye.
Marc
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