Word: asia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...seven days the U.S.'s fabulously traveled Secretary of State hopped from conference to conference in Asia, visiting countries ranging in sentiment from anti-Communist to neutral to scared stiff, talking to three Presidents, two Kings, a crown prince and eight foreign ministers. To all John Foster Dulles offered not only U.S. military protection against Communist attack but a constructive, long-range answer to Communism based on the development of a politically independent, economically sound Free Asia...
Slightly pessimistic about the long-rung chances of stopping the Communists from taking over the rest of Europe and Asia without a world war, those polled overwhelmingly favored fighting the Russians as a last resort. But, Stouffer said, "the American people are not trigger-happy. They want to avoid war if possible." Sixty-one percent still wanted the U.S. to try to talk things over with Russia to settle the problem...
Despite Soviet temptations and threats, the representatives at Bonn voted decisively to put their trust in and join their forces (50 million people and eventually twelve divisions) with the and-Communist Western powers. At Bangkok the SEATO nations set up permanent headquarters for the defense of Southeast Asia, and U.S. policies were advanced with skill and success. For the affirmative decision at Bonn, the U.S. could congratulate itself on having a rocklike friend in Der Alte, Western Germany's Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. For the common consent achieved at Bangkok, the U.S. thanks the (literally) shirtsleeve diplomacy practiced by Secretary...
Politically, Europe and Asia, as the Communists well know, are locked together. Simultaneous progress at Bonn and Bangkok signals the strengthening of the anti-Communist force along its whole worldwide front...
Thus, in Dulles' view, the safety of Southeast Asia depends not only on SEATO, but also on the intertwined fate of such non-SEATO countries as Japan, South Korea and Formosa. If Japan's industrial power were allied to Communist China, the free world's position in all Asia would become precarious. The chief deterrent to Chinese aggression in Southeast Asia, he went on, is the Communist fear that such an attack would bring counterattacks from South Korea on the north and Formosa in the center. When the U.S. helps maintain an army of 20 divisions...