Word: asia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Chinese Communist fighter planes, the U.S. naval force in the South China Sea was ordered to give up its search for survivors of the British airliner destroyed by the Reds. In Britain and France the downing of the Red planes brought reactions unfavorable to the U.S., but in Asia it went a small way to retrieve the loss of face that the U.S. suffered from the Geneva agreement on Indo-China...
...defense of Europe has always been generally linked to Asia, but as a result of Geneva a new and dangerous specific dependence is established. Premier Mendès-France has placed his political future at the mercy of the Communists, who can destroy him at any time by resuming hostilities in Indo-China. If he makes an effort to get EDC ratified, the Red high command can pull the rug out from under...
...realistic logic of the essential world situation, stripped of diversionary details. There are weighty objections to Rhee's plan, but its general argument is difficult to dispute: there will be no better time than the present to take the offensive against Communism, and no better place than Asia. Those who did not like the specifics of Rhee's proposal were faced by this speech with the requirement of finding other specifics that fitted the hard logic of his general theme...
...direct result of recent Communist successes in Asia, the Pentagon has revamped its New Look for the U.S. armed forces. Last winter's plans called for an almost complete withdrawal of U.S. ground troops from the Far East and reduction of the total armed-forces level to 2,800,000 men. Under the revised plans...
...land rich in rice and devoutly Buddhist; its 19 million people worship in gaily decorated temples. Thailand's Premier and strongman, Marshal Phibun Songgram, is no Nehru neutralist: he is Southeast Asia's most stoutly anti-Communist leader. Only last month the U.S. agreed to help build up Thailand's army from 65,000 to 100,000. In its drive for the "unification" of Asia, Red China would have to crush-or undermine-Thailand...