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...young nations of Indo-China (Viet Nam, Cambodia and Laos) and a severe drain on the manpower and resources of our old friends and allies, the French. The Communist threat in Indo-China is directed not only against the aspirations of the Indo-Chinese peoples as they emerge to nationhood, but menaces the whole of Southeast Asia and its rich raw-material resources. Britain has a strong and direct interest in preventing the spread of Communist imperialism in this area. We shall do all in our power at Geneva to help in reaching a settlement which will safeguard the interests...
...Delegate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. had a quick answer for the U.N.'s apparent doubts. The White House had authorized him to say that the Puerto Ricans could have full independence-meaning nationhood-any time they want...
...Under the present arrangement, Puerto Rico sends its goods tariff-free to the U.S., and exports to the U.S. (without restriction since they are U.S. citizens) hundreds of thousands of its surplus people. Most Puerto Ricans do not want to give all that up for the cold rigors of nationhood...
...young men and women of Israel are reaching for religious forms to give meaning to their new nationhood. Parents who belong to the old secular-socialist tradition of Zionism are finding that their children demand observance of religious festivals; even in the collective farms, which have been called "hotbeds of atheism," young people feast and fast in accordance with the Jewish calendar...
South Korea, likewise, is a war-wrecked shell: 75% of its mines and textile factories are out of action, ⅔ of its schools unusable. But out of disaster has grown a tough army of 16 divisions, and a sense of nationhood...