Word: asia
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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PRESIDENT JOHNSON made the week's big news, and he also made it clear that he had no doubts as to the Communist goals in Southeast Asia. The cover story in THE NATION takes him through the most eventful week of his presidency-one of the more remarkable weeks in the history of that office. But the story is much more than the week's narrative. It offers a considered assessment of the President's role as Commander in Chief of a nation at de facto war, as a get-things-done domestic leader...
...Great Stakes." There were, he noted, "great stakes in the balance. Most of the non-Communist nations of Asia cannot, by themselves and alone, resist the growing might and the grasping ambition of Asian Communism. Our power therefore is a very vital shield. If we are driven from the field in Viet Nam, then no nation can ever again have the same confidence in American promise or in American protection...
...Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, and a new director of the Voice of America. He signed a bill requiring warning labels on cigarette packages, met with a delegation from the A.M.A., discussed with former World Bank President Eugene Black the U.S.'s development program in Southeast Asia, cracked jokes about how he recently outbowled Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, had coffee with a group of newswomen, gave two background briefings to White House reporters, and warmly greeted an explorer scout who had bicycled 2,800 miles from Idaho to shake the presidential hand. Then he flew off to Harry...
...nature of Communism changes. Whereas Moscow now shuns the perilous confrontations that so often brought the cold war to boiling point, Peking grows ever more militant. For both capitals of world Communism, the focal points of conflict have shifted from Europe to Africa, Latin America and-most notably-Southeast Asia, where the Johnson Administration last week solemnly committed the U.S. to what could be a prolonged and painful...
...More American presence in Asia would mean less American presence in Europe," he explained...