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...this when the French forces failed to take advantage of new U.S. supplies and good weather to launch a major offensive against Communist Leader Ho Chi Minh's forces. Recently the suspicions were confirmed when the French sent an S O S asking for a U.S. commander in Indo-China, along with U.S. air power and ground troops. Immediately the Indo-China problem flew to the top of the agenda of the National Security Council. Last week the President appointed an NSC subcommittee, consisting of Under Secretary of State Walter Bedell Smith and Deputy Defense Secretary Roger Kyes...
There were plenty of ready political arguments in Washington against this military solution. For one, G.O.P. leaders in Congress believe the Korean peace is one of their greatest political assets in this election year, shudder at the thought of involvement in a fresh war in Indo-China. For another, Treasury Secretary Humphrey and Budget Director Dodge have warned that a stepped-up military program will ruin their crusade for a balanced budget. The State Department, for its part, is worrying about how its European allies, notably Britain, might react to direct intervention, or even to a blockade of Communist China...
President Eisenhower must make the ultimate decision. To date, he clings to the hope that U.S. technical assistance will stiffen the French, and that the French can still win. The 250 U.S. officers and airmen in Indo-China will soon be reinforced by 150 more. Their job: to get the bogged-down French air force flying efficiently again. The next move may be a blockade of the Indo-Chinese coast (but not China) to prevent reinforcement by sea. This would require a naval carrier task force to move into the South China Sea. If these measures do not bring victory...
...TIME, Jan. 25) that the U.S. will meet the Communist challenge "vigorously at places and with means of its own choosing." And they do not because the Administration has never really made up its mind whether to move against Communist China, the source of supply for Communist armies in Indo-China...
...place to retaliate against new aggression in Korea-not on the ground, but in the bombardment of Chinese Communist armies and supply routes in Manchuria. But a fence cannot stop the Chinese from shifting supplies under the wire; since the end of the Korean war, Peking has sent the Indo-Chinese Communists bigger shipments of better arms than ever before...