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...because the cable facilities were good." As it turned out, Singapore was literally not much more than a place to hang the Dowling hat. "I averaged only about two weeks out of every ten in Singapore. My news beat was four countries, three of which were engaged in war-Indo-China, Indonesia and Malaya. Thailand was the 'peaceful' country...
...addition to his week-by-week stories, it was Dowling's job in the three years to send in battlefield background for three TIME cover stories: Generals De Lattre and Navarre of Indo-China, General Templer of Malaya...
After last fortnight's quick thrust by the Communists east from the Vietnamese coast to the Mekong River, General Henri Navarre, the French commander in Indo-China, guessed that the Reds might turn south and attack Savannakhet and Seno. But last week Communist General Vo Nguyen Giap, who directed the Communist thrust to the Mekong, was biding his time. Meanwhile, various spokesmen pointed out that the military value of the enemy operation was almost nil. Secretary Dulles pooh-poohed it in Washington; so did the Ministry of the Associated States in Paris. The fact indeed was that headlines...
Empire Troubles. Asia, with its short-fused peace in Korea, its seemingly unwinnable war in Indo-China, and its tendency to fear a dying colonialism more than an expansive Communism, remained the hot battlefield of the cold war. Appropriately, it had not one Man of the Year but three-men diverse in almost every respect: Jawaharlal Nehru, the exasperating high priest of neutralism; Ramon Magsaysay, the young and dynamic, U.S.-loving man of action who became President of the Philippines; wrinkled old Syngman Rhee of Korea, the angry ally of the West. Syngman Rhee's intractability towards his allies...
July: The war in Indo-China will wax hotter. Secretary Dulles will announce that the U.S. is ready to fight in Indo-China. On the same day, Secretary Wilson will say that the U.S. will never fight in Indo-China. Considerable confusion will be followed by an announcement by the President that all further statements on Indo-China must come directly from the White House...