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Detente, however, has not been brought about in a straight way. We have seen many ups-and-downs and zig-zags on the path to the present thaw in the cold war. But in trudging laboriously along the difficult and dangerous way to equilibrium, the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. came to learn to accommodate themselves with the status quo rather than seek abrupt changes in the balance of power. They seemed to have realized that accommodation with each other is to their common interest...
...Peace Without Equilibrium...
...Vietnamese themselves, more than for anyone else. The earlier a peace comes, the more happiness they will have. The ideal settlement would be a solution on the principle of self-determination. Realistic reasoning tells us, however, that we can hardly expect an independent Vietnam on that principle without equilibrium first emerging between the U.S. and mainland China. Although this view may not contain any concrete solution to the war, I believe it is nonetheless the objective view of the real meaning of the Vietnam war today...
This is a significant change in the tendency of Asian, people. More significant is the fact that this general movement towards the peaceful revolution of society has developed rapidly while the U.S. and China have still remained engrossed in the struggle--the final stage of trial before they reach equilibrium and reason. Indeed, the U.S. government, especially since the Kennedy administration, has been awakened to the disastrous shortcomings of its Asian foreign policy and to its deplorable ignorance of Asian psychology. Recent years have seen that American follies, such as an unbalanced stress on military assistance (instead of emphasis upon...
Just as rapprochement between the two major powers, has become the essential factor to the political stability of the Atlantic Community, equilibrium between the U.S. and China is indispensable for peace in the Asia-Pacific community. The Vietnam war has to be grasped in this realistic and historical perspective. Even though the present situation of Asia is still tense, we need not worry too much, so long as the will of the Asian people for peace and prosperity persists and an "enlightenment" of U.S. foreign policy can help it along