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...Were the Communist aggressors to win in Viet Nam," said Johnson, "they would know they can accomplish through so-called wars of national liberation what they could not accomplish through naked aggression in Korea, or insurgency in the Philippines, Greece and Malaya, or the threat of aggression in Turkey, or in a free election booth anywhere in the world...
...TWENTIETH CENTURY (CBS, 6-6:30 p.m.). An inquiry into "How to Fight a Guerrilla War," based on the British experiences in Malaya between 1948 and 1960. Hopeful comparisons are drawn with Viet...
Pleasure Dome. As one step to boost employment, Singapore hopes to resume its profitable $500 million-a-year trade with Indonesia, halted 18 months ago in protest against Indonesia's guerrilla war with Malaya. The island's dire need for business has led it since October to sell the U.S. more than $2,000,000 worth of supplies for Viet Nam, though it disapproves of U.S. policy there. Premier Lee Kuan Yew is also considering making Singapore available as a rest spot for dollar-laden U.S. troops from Viet Nam. The most intriguing proposal, however...
...tiny island of Singapore, strategically situated midway between India and China, has long been a commercial center of Southeast Asia. It processes and exports rubber, tin, pepper and copra from Malaya and Borneo, imports machinery from Australia, Britain and the U.S. Its trade has made it a leading banking, warehousing and insurance city in Asia. When Singapore joined with neighboring Malaya, nearby Sarawak and North Borneo in 1963 to form the rich Federation of Malaysia its 1.8 million people prepared expectantly for a boom in business...
...boom began all right-but it went bust after Singapore's expulsion from the federation last August as a result of racial and political conflicts. Instead of a boom, Singapore now faces such critical problems as widespread unemployment (13.5%), dwindling trade (down 20%), and tense relations with Malaya, on which Singapore depends for, among other things, its water supply and its raw materials. Singapore's leaders are trying to keep their nation's economy afloat by a massive switch from trade to manufacturing, are urging industrial countries to set up plants in Singapore and buy its products...