Word: asian-african
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Dates: during 1955-1955
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...cold war the appearance of sweet reasonableness sometimes can be as powerful a weapon as a supply of atom bombs. Last week, at the Asian-African Conference in Bandung, Communist China's Premier Chou En-lai dropped a psychological blockbuster. After purring about peace and understanding all week long, Chou announced that the Chinese Communists were willing to confer with the U.S. on the question of "relaxing tension" in the Formosa area (see FOREIGN NEWS...
Lordly, India's Jawaharlal Nehru surveyed the gathering of delegates sipping their tea. He drew delicately on his black bone cigarette holder, waited for lesser delegates to approach and pay their respects. Nehru had the air of a man in undisputed command of the Asian-African Conference of 29 countries, and with his plans all laid. Red China's Chou En-lai was to be introduced to international society under his chaperonage, and shown to be a harmless fellow. Controversy was to be avoided, debate held to a minimum, only agreement sought. And what could they agree...
Nations that most need economic aid have already recognized the necessity for accepting Western help. In fact, the first conclusions issued by the 29 nations at the recent Bandung conference was "the urgency of promoting economic development in the Asian-African region." President Eisenhower also singled out for special comment "the vast are of free Asia," because, as he said, "the immediate threats to world security" are now centered there...
...Indian President Rajendra Prasad agreed to welcome the delegates to New Delhi. The Congress Party's tough anti-Communist Bombay Boss, S. K. Patil, rounded up a delegation to participate in the proceedings. The press began touting the affair as an official precursor to the impending 29-nation Asian-African conference at Bandung, Indonesia...
...When the Asian-African conference opens at Bandung next week, the question of United States policy in the Far East is certain to be near the top of the agenda. Communist China can be expected to treat the conference as a major step in its effort to discredit the United States in the eyes of uncommitted Asians. Unfortunately, Chinese charges of American warmongering in the Far East may well find willing listeners even among non-Communists...