Word: indo-china
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Initially, such an agency would include the five nations now meeting, plus Vict-Nam if a settlement is made in Indo-China. The other Common-wealth nations in this region, Australia and New Zealand, have also expressed a strong interest in a mutual security arrangement. In addition, a place might eventually be found for Japan and the Philippines. So constituted, such an organization would be an effective third force in Asia. Much additional strength would come from treaties of aid and mutual defense with the United States. It is important, however, that neither the U.S. nor the Chinese Nationalists...
Though a regional security treaty would be a major long-range factor in safeguarding Southeast Asia for democracy, it could have little effect on the present situation in Indo-China. This is because there has been no external aggression, but only local rebellion. For the same reason, U.N. intervention at this time is impossible...
...kind of settlement is negotiated, the organization would be a firm deterrent to further attacks. If Indo-China were divided by some arbitrary line, any truce violations by the Communists could be branded as aggression and treated by collective action. On the other hand, if a whole free state of Indo-China were established, the pact would effectively aid in fighting possible aggression from China...
...regional pact would have cultural and economic advantages equal to its military significance. If a free state were established in Indo-China, it would be easy prey to economic catastrophe during the first years following its separation from France. The stabilizing effect of close co-operation with the other nations of Southeast Asia would stave off domestic Communism...
...perhaps overly-optimistic to believe that a settlement such as the one outlined here could ever be effected. But the only other solution, a divided Indo-China, would leave Southeast Asia perched atop a political powder...