Word: asia
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...devices laced with lithium and tritium, as important experiments toward ultimately developing the H-bomb. At one of the final explosions in late summer will be a very important guest. De Gaulle plans to stop off for a brief visit at the Polynesian site during his trip to Southeast Asia...
...motion supporting the U.S. in Viet Nam -short of its bombing of the oil-storage areas in Hanoi and Haiphong. Wilson's cause was helped by the dramatic news that on July 16 he would be off to Moscow for talks with Soviet leaders about peace in Southeast Asia. Tactically, the announcement served to neutralize the dissidents. But Wilson has tried before and failed to persuade the Communists to talk about peace in Viet Nam. This time the pressure on him will be greater than ever. If he fails again, he will be open to charges of flying...
Credibility of Power. In the debate over Viet Nam, Goodwin sees three "tangled lines of argument." No. 1 concerns the U.S.'s "vital stake" in Asia. Goodwin has doubts about a genuine American interest in defending any country in the area except India-it is "inconceivable" not to use "the full force of American power" to protect India against aggression. But there is a general "almost idealistic" American "judgment," he concedes, that favors helping other Asian lands against conquest by "a hostile power." He has no use for the "Chinese sphere of influence" concession advanced by some dovish intellectuals...
...versus antifreedom. It is partly a civil war, partly a case of "internal aggression." The "credibility of our military power" is what is at stake. It is not the presence of a Communist government in Saigon but an American military defeat that would shake the non-Communist governments of Asia. The U.S. cannot surrender, he writes, and should not withdraw...
There was some grumbling among the delegates from Africa. Asia and Latin America about the relevance of the whole discussion of social problems accompanying advanced technology. "That is like talking to me about the problems of over-eating when I haven't got any food," one African objected. The impact of technology may be dehumanizing, but I don't think that's anything as bed as poverty...