Word: indochinas
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...useful and to the point -or points. Since Kissinger's last trip a year ago, the map of Asia has greatly changed. The most important differences, of course, are the fall of Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia and the virtually complete withdrawal of the American presence from Indochina. Much of last spring's panic in non-Communist Asia has now disappeared. Nonetheless, once staunch American allies like the Philippines and Thailand are still trying to readjust to a world no longer dominated...
...more concerned with Northeast Asia-Korea and Japan -than with Indochina. The Viet Nam earthquake may yet shake loose the fragile peace on the Korean peninsula. Fired by the Communist victory in Indochina, North Korea's President Kim II Sung seemed to some observers to be on the verge of invading South Korea last spring; he even went to Peking to seek Chinese support but came back chastened. China, he learned, wanted the Korean situation to remain peaceful for the time being, with an American garrison of 42,000 men as a counterweight to the Soviet presence in Siberia...
...words, Cambodia's royal "but not royalist" titular head of state - arrived in New York to address the United Na tions General Assembly. In his 45-minute speech, he ritually denounced "United States imperialism" but also praised those Americans who had opposed the U.S. involvement in Indochina. Later he discussed the problems of postwar Cambodia with TIME Diplomatic Editor Jerrold L. Schecter...
...remain in camps on the U.S. mainland. Some, along with 1,500 on Guam, insist on being returned to their homeland. Others are reluctant to be relocated in areas that do not have a Viet Nam-like climate. All the same, the Government's interagency task force on Indochina refugees pledges that all will be in their new homes by Dec. 31, and that meanwhile none will suffer from the fast approaching cold weather. At Indiantown Gap, Pa., one of the three remaining camps in the U.S., the Army is installing heating systems in the barracks and other buildings...
...leaders and peoples of the countries surrounding Indochina, and those of Japan as well, have put the Viet Nam War behind them and harbor almost no bitterness toward the U.S. Indeed, despite some anti-American rhetoric, they hope for a continued strong American presence in Asia. If nothing else, they see the U.S. as a force neutralizing China and the Soviet Union. Seni Pramoj, leader of Thailand's Democratic Party, observed, "We have cock fights in Thailand, but sometimes we put a sheet of glass between the fighting cocks. They can peck at each other without hurting each other...