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Paradoxically, Laos has the best chance of an early peace-largely because the North Vietnamese have virtually complete control over the Pathet Lao, and can keep them in line for whatever deal is worked out. Nonetheless, the war was hottest there last week. Thailand-based B-52 bombers, relieved of their duties in Viet Nam, concentrated their power on Communist forces in Laos. The strikes were aimed at suspected concentrations of North Vietnamese troops. For their part, the North Vietnamese pulled troops off the Ho Chi Minh Trail and arranged them in offensive positions against the Royal Laotian Army...
Japan's Premier Kakuei Tanaka, for instance, opened a new session of the Diet just before the cease-fire with enthusiastic incantations of a "new age," a "turning point" and a "new chapter." Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew recently visited Thailand, where he and his aides discussed plans for Asia's future with Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn. Lee foresees "a period of intermission-a waiting for the end of one phase of history and the start of another, which we hope will be a more promising...
...Asian leaders take seriously the prospect of a multipolar diplomacy emerging in the postwar Pacific. "Before, all of us were living under the umbrella of the great powers," Singapore's Foreign Minister S. Rajaratnam told TIME's Peter Simms, reflecting the uneasiness of many of his colleagues. "Thailand had America. We had Britain. Now they have taken away the umbrellas-and we are really beginning to feel the heat...
...guide lists over 100 projects submitted by faculty and students. The list includes projects ranging from the study of nutrition in Thailand and Tunisia to a description of the Crimson Key Society...
...Thieu has to worry not only about the North Vietnamese troops left in the South but about Washington's long-term intentions. The U.S. retains airbases in Thailand, and if the North Vietnamese were to mount another military offensive against South Viet Nam within six or eight months, they would have reason to fear U.S. bombing. But what if the crisis comes in two or three years-perhaps in the form of a coup or a Communist-fed revolt? Would the U.S. take military action to assist Thieu? It seems unlikely...