Sarah Paine
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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The Japanese are not going to launch into Siberia.
So that works for Stalin.
But the Chinese realize this and it's not appreciated.
You think they'd be grateful for that?
No, no.
He wanted to divide China.
He's telling Mao, oh, stop at the Yangtze.
Stop at the Yangtze.
You need a breathing space there.
And Mao keeps on going.
We have so many wonderful people working in the State Department.
I've met a number of them because they are students at the War College.
You should be proud of all the people who work for the Department of State.
They're all of these different experts, different parts of the world that get sent around hither and yon.
Very thoughtful people.
Also, I've read in the archives many CIA reports because I've gone to these presidential archives, starting with the Truman administration all the way up to Bush senior.
As you get to the more recent stuff, less of it's been declassified.
So the...
I've read most of the CIA reports.
I've read it for earlier periods where they've been declassified.