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...your review [June 21] of it disgusts me. The Bowers thesis, you say, was this: "Only Franco bombs and bullets ever kill women and children, only Franco soldiers ever murder their prisoners, only the Franco side ever lies." I would ask whether in your own coverage from Korea or Indo-China-or World War II-you have endeavored to delineate an involuted situation in tones less completely black and white...
With all the world watching, the French were about to negotiate a surrender to the Communists in Indo-China. At the U.S. State Department and in the White House, a firm decision had been reached: the U.S. would not send a top-level representative back to the peace talks in Geneva. Behind the decision were three strongly held conclusions: 1) French Premier Pierre Mendes-France, who won his office on his promise to end the war in Indo-China. appeared to be a peace-at-any-price man; 2) high-level participation in Geneva might...
...talked until after midnight, explaining the military and political situation in Indo-China in minute detail. With eloquence he told Dulles exactly what he thought he could get at Geneva, and how much he was prepared to give. France, he declared, was not preparing to surrender everything for the sake of peace, would accept only a "reasonable"' armistice. He emphasized the importance of having the U.S. represented at Geneva "at the ministerial level." Without such representation, said Mendes-France bluntly, there was little hope for settlement...
...armistice was signed, Mendes hoped for U.S. agreement if not approval. He entertained no illusions that the U.S. would automatically enter the Indo-Chinese war if the Geneva talks broke down. On the other hand, Mendes assured Dulles, France would not withdraw from IndoChina if the war continued, was ready to join the U.S. and other democracies in a Southeast Asia Treaty Organization...
...result of Communist Viet Minh military successes in Indo-China, the kingdom of Thailand (Siam) has been thrust into one of the free world's most exposed positions. Although postwar U.S. aid, totaling more than $150 million under economic, military and Point Four programs, has poured into Thailand, the rate of buildup fell far short of what Thailand would need in the ominous near future to stop an invasion from China on the north or Indo-China on the east...