Word: americans
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Indo-China does not want the French, with or without former Emperor Bao Dai. Nehru regards Bao Dai as a puppet of the French, and he would rather take a reluctant chance on Communist Ho Chi Minh than back the French. But, under British and American persuasion, Delhi is keeping mum about Indo-China...
...Asian alliance against Communism. Ideological and military defense are not enough. The basic battle must be fought on the economic and political front. Communism can be defeated only after colonialism goes, and after the living standards of Asia's masses are raised. This is where American abundance and generosity could come in. Nehru recognizes the need for U.S. food, capital and technical aid in India and elsewhere. It would not be wise to wait until Communism in Southeast Asia reached the Chinese or Greek stage where it must be fought with guns...
...When a prim group of elderly American women visited his Mexico City salon a few weeks ago, plump Dress Designer Henri Chatillon disappeared into a dressing room, rustled out a few seconds later in a flowing black gown and a big hat. "I shocked hell out of them," he tittered, "but I did have a good time...
Illustrator George Petty pooh-poohed the vaunted French chic: "When the middle-class French girl dresses up, she undresses. Her costume is a display of sex . . . whereas the healthy outdoor life of the American girl gives her natural radiance, which is the true attraction of the opposite...
...assume they are enjoying themselves, and why interfere?" commented Britain's Ernie Bevin, picketed by the American-Irish Minute Men of 1949 on the dock in Manhattan as he sailed for home. "I have a sort of fascination about pickets. I used to organize so many of them myself. They're all good lads, I expect...