Word: southeast
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...generally glum outlook is brightened, Lee said, by the possibility that the United States effort in South Vietnam will convince all the powers in Southeast Asia that wars of national liberation can enlarge into dangerously wide conflicts...
...Subversion and economic and political pressures result in frittering away of energies," he said. He added that the United States is buying time in Vietnam to permit second generation leaders in other Southeast Asian countries to put their nations back on a constructive track...
Given Sihanouk's off-and-on attitude toward the U.S., his handling of the prisoners seemed odd. In fact, he is simply adjusting his policies once more to the course of events in Southeast Asia. Initially, his price for releasing the eleven was high. But since the halt of American bombing of North Viet Nam, and the consequent feeling that peace is a few steps nearer, Sihanouk now says that the men will go free once he has received a note from Lyndon Johnson pledging that U.S. forces in Viet Nam will "do their best" to avoid violations...
Singapore's answer to such problems has been a massive effort to convert it self from Asia's largest warehouse to Southeast Asia's largest workshop. To attract industry, the government has channeled millions over the past three years into expanding power and water supplies, building roads and clearing factory sites. School graduates who would have followed family tradition by going into clerking or shopkeeping are being urged to train as technicians and engineers. To preserve responsible wage scales, the government this year passed laws trimming certain fringe benefits and reducing the unions' voice in management...
...SOUTHEAST ASIA...