Word: southeasterly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...past two editorials have considered the role of the United States in the Indochinese war and the possibilities of a negotiated peace. Yet no commentary on the war is complete without discussing what the other states of Southeast Asia can do to prevent the capitulation of the entire area to Communism...
...Today, Southeast Asia is riding the crest of a wave of nationalism. The years since the second World War have seen the shattering of colonial bonds and the emergence of half a dozen sovereign states. Balanced between the Soviet countries and the West, these Asian powers fear for their national lives. Experiences of the past make them sharply opposed to imperialism; yet, though none are pro-Communist, not all are directly opposed to Communism...
During the past three days, while East met West at Geneva, five Eastern states have been meeting together at Colombo, Ceylon, in an attempt to find common ground on which all Southeast Asia can stand. Although the prime ministers of India, Pakistan, Burma, Ceylon, and Indonesia agreed to a resolution branding aggression and colonialism as threats to peace, India and Indonesia would not agree to a similar condemnation of Communism...
...perhaps overly-optimistic to believe that a settlement such as the one outlined here could ever be effected. But the only other solution, a divided Indo-China, would leave Southeast Asia perched atop a political powder...
...entry into the Indo-China war will lead to full-scale war with Communist China. But Chinese fear of our massive retaliation would make such a war unlikely. War is, however, a risk the United States must take. The only alternative to this risk is Communist control of Southeast Asia...