Word: indo-china
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...deteriorated rapidly; 2) if the Chinese intervened openly; 3) if no settlement was reached at Geneva. Anthony Eden was both agitated by the question and angered at being left out. He rushed off to see U.S. Under Secretary of State Walter Bedell Smith. If the U.S. intervenes militarily in Indo-China and the result is world war, said Eden, Britain would have to be on the U.S. side. But he warned that if the U.S. intervenes and the fighting remains localized, Britain would remain aloof-even if the Chinese retaliated by openly joining the fighting...
Britain, Eden emphasized, is not interested in intervening in Indo-China under any circumstances. The British are willing to talk about a Southeast Asian pact after Geneva, but only a pact designed to guarantee what may be left of a partitioned Indo-China as a kind of buffer state-not to help the French fight on. Partition must come first...
Even after reading it a few hours later, Bidault was only partly reassured. Said one French diplomat: "When you said Korea was outside your security line, the Communists attacked. What might they do if they believe you will not fight for Indo-China? We had felt that the U.S. was resolved to save as much as possible of Indo-China. Now how can we feel? Only that you will...
...spite of its profound antiCommunism, is still firmly pacific, and, far from straining at the leash, will fight only when all reasonable chances of negotiation have failed. Peace is still, as in Jefferson's day, the American people's passion . . . By rejecting premature commitments in Indo-China, public opinion has overtaken the party cries...
...Carry On. Laniel continued:"The government has taken measures to provide our commander in chief with the means to carry on." It would send to Indo-China several more battalions of troops, crews and mechanics for 25 bombers, and two flotillas of naval craft, plus artillery, tanks and machine guns-but still no conscripts. Then he came to the crux of his plea for support: "I refuse to believe that at the present hour this Assembly intends to provoke a rupture of the negotiations . . . What other policy [than ours] do you propose? Some people seem to rely more upon...