Word: sovietizing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Soviet approach is working fairly well. In the past year, Soviet trade with Singapore has grown to nearly $40 million, and the Soviets apparently would like access to the British naval base for their own growing Pacific trading fleet when the Union Jack is hauled down in 1971. In two short years, the Soviets have become the largest purchasers of Malaysian rubber. As the flag follows trade, they have opened an embassy in Kuala Lumpur. They are offering the Japanese the opportunity to share in the development of Siberia's natural riches; one deal concerning timber has already been...
Trade and Culture. By comparison, the Soviets have managed to make perhaps more lasting gains along China's own borders. In three encounters, the Soviets have been able, partly through China's own maladroitness, to increase Moscow's influence at the cost of Peking. Soviet counsel seems now to prevail in North Viet Nam, though Ho Chi Minh apparently retains a high degree of independence by playing off one side against the other. In Laos, the Russians have managed to prevent the Communist Pathet Lao guerrillas from falling under Chinese influence. In North Korea, the Soviets capitalized...
...Soviets are also making an inroad in a historic U.S. preserve. For years, the Philippines shunned any ties whatsoever with Communist countries. Now Filipino students and journalists in growing numbers visit the Soviet Union. The Russians, in turn, send trade and cultural groups; Bolshoi dancers were performing in Manila last week. Many Filipinos expect that the two countries will establish diplomatic relations within a few years...
Identical Attitudes. So far, the Soviets seem to feel that their own purpose is served best by the existence of Asian countries strong enough to resist Chinese influence. If that is the case, the Russian attitude is almost identical with that of the U.S. In the long run, however, the Soviet penetration of Asia may make the problems of peace more difficult to solve. The Russian presence can only add to China's paranoid feelings of encirclement. The time may come when the U.S., either as a counterbalance to Russia or to aid a more moderate and rational post...
...Their book, The Six Day War, sold 170,000 copies in Britain, even though it was needlessly dull and Winston's chapters were only a shade more impressive and less preachy than his father's. Churchill also managed to be in Prague just before the Soviet invasion and in Chicago when police and protesters clashed...