Caption: (WX4) WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- DISCUSSES FAR EAST -- Secretary of Defense Neil McElroy, returning to the capital from Chicago, talks with newsmen today from National Airport during a discussion of Far East tension. The Secretary said that if the Red Chinese are wise they will not open full scale war in the Far East. "Our interest is not to wage war but to deter," he said. "It is my judgment that if the Chinese are wise they will be deterred." (AP Wirephoto) (See Story) (rbo41540stf) 1958.
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