Word: asia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Attlee would prefer to see a China that feels in a position to be a little aloof from Russia. A Communist China which regards itself as the equal of Russia and which may feel that its interests clash with those of Russia in Asia is a better prospect for the Western world than a China which is made to feel that it must lean on Russia or face the prospect of having enemies on both flanks...
...most ominous fact in the world today is the growing strength of the Communists. The abandonment of north Vietnam to the Reds and the collapse of the Korean peace talks at Geneva leave us with these alternatives -to halt the Communists where they are, or to surrender first Southeast Asia, then all the rest of the continent and nearby islands to the Reds, giving them such a heavy preponderance of power that they would be ready to move in Europe. The free nations should let Red China know that if she invades-directly as in Korea, or indirectly...
...fight for Labor's policy on Germany was only just beginning. At Scarborough this week, Clement Attlee was likely to need all the party popularity he gained by being soft toward Communists in Asia, to persuade the Labor Party to be tough toward Communists in Europe...
Nehru's plan is a series of bilateral non-aggression pacts between Red China and other Asian countries, seemingly a harmless notion. But such pacts would exclude from Asia the protective power of the West, because membership in Nehru's system involved a commitment not to join in other alliances. It would prevent China's more nervous neighbors from joining together in self-protection, leave the Communists free to pick off, one by one, in the classic totalitarian manner, each nonaggressive neighbor...
...regular Vietnamese army will receive many of them into its ranks. Local Indo-Chinese war lords are competing for their services. As an army of soldiers fighting for their church, the militias are no more, but the bishop's soldiers have left their mark in Asia's bitter history...