Word: asia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...strong leadership of President Eisenhower and the near-unanimity of the Congress in backing him in the Formosa resolution undoubtedly retrieved much of the U.S. prestige and influence that had been recently lost in Asia. In the preceding fortnight the Communist capture of Yi-kiang Island near the Tachens had reminded Asians that the Reds were still on the march, the U.S. still on the defensive. Then came the suggestions of Secretary Dulles and President Eisenhower that the U.N. might arrange a cease-fire in the troubled area. This statement of policy was partly designed to be read in Europe...
...evoke by strong leadership. There is no reason to think that only desperate expedients and emergency measures will draw such support. Feb. 23, when Secretary Dulles goes to Bangkok for a meeting of the Manila pact nations, might be an appropriate date to start a forward policy in Asia...
...overwhelming congressional endorsement of President Eisenhower's historic message proved, among other things, that men of quite divergent attitudes found in it evidences to support their stoutly held positions. Senator Knowland could see a line drawn and a determination to stand firm in Asia. Premier Chou En-lai denounced it loudly as "a barefaced war cry" and a "brazen threat of agression." But to Britain's Sir Anthony Eden, who has made a fine art of picking out what he finds most useful in others' policies, the key Eisenhower phrases were: "We would welcome action...
...amused by these appeals, although they were more concerned about the effect among Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's armed forces (some of whom have received individual messages), and security measures were tightened. Now the Chinese Nationalists fear that, if the impression of U.S. feebleness and indecision spreads in Asia, the Red siren calls will be so much the stronger-and will fail on ever more receptive ears...
Jawaharlal Nehru stood upright in his open black Cadillac as it rolled beneath triumphal arches through the villages and towns of southeast India. "WELCOME, JEWEL OF ASIA," the customary placards proclaimed as he journeyed, garlanded, along paths strewn with palm leaves. Yet despite the familiar scenes of adulation, he seemed distant, tired, and ineffectual. Speaking from a platform 15 feet above the crowds of illiterate peasants, he projected his own confusion. He is against "the Communists," but not against "Communism." He does not approve of Communist "methods," but as for Communist objectives, "I like them." "Does Nehru Sahib wish...