Word: asia
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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This report is intended to outline the rights as well as the responsibilities of students and universities in the current draft situation. It must be emphasized that the ambiguous status of students is a reflection of the crisis in Southeast Asia and that this status may be modified in one direction or the other by changes in current world events...
...resumption of bombing could easily convince Hanoi and Peking that the Americans have no heart for a difficult defensive war in Asia. Many Americans, on the other hand, have been disquieted by a show of presidential indecision that continued long after the clear failure of the U.S. peace campaign...
...peaceful settlement, not a surrender. As a demonstration of American good faith in its desire for peace in Southeast Asia, the pause and the diplomatic offensive had done much to convince skeptical allies and neutrals that Hanoi, not Washington, was barring the way to the conference table. But that was about all it had achieved-and at the same time it opened a Pandora's box of problems...
Clap Hands. It had been quite an ordeal. Characteristically, Rusk allowed later: "They're concerned. People ought to be. But the central issue is what you do if Hanoi, backed by Peking, continues to push into Southeast Asia. We're going to meet this commitment." Actually, he added, "there's much more international support on this than many people realize. I have no doubt that if we succeed in assuring the safety of South Viet Nam, there will be a hundred small countries all over the world who will
...believe it is worthy of the cause of freedom. I believe it needs to be waged and I believe it deserves the support of the liberals. South Viet Nam is the zone of contact in the struggle for the freedom of Asia, and those who see it as anything else are fooling themselves...