Word: vietnam
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...second part of the new policy, direct arms aid for Indo-China, will give the Vietnam government more autonomy. The villagers, who are not enthusiastic about fighting for a French army after years of European domination, may be more willing to cooperate with an army that is truly their own. Vietnam needs their support to solidify any offensive...
...spending more money on Indo-China now, the United States may end a war that would otherwise drag on indefinitely, and at the same time gain the confidence of the people of Vietnam. We hope that this type of clear thinking will characterize the new State Department policy in Asia...
Donald R. Heath, U.S. Minister to the Indo-Chinese states of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, knows his diplomatic sharps and flats. Last June, he carried five of King Norodom's more serious compositions to Washington, where they were turned over to the Air Force Symphony Orchestra to be harmonized and orchestrated. Last week at a regular summer concert, Colonel George Howard, the orchestra's conductor, played a miniature suite made up of three of Norodom's pieces: an animated waltz with a few tinkling, Cambodian effects, Berceuse; a contrasting movement, Nostalgia, and a lively beguine, Cherie...
Besides China, Malaya, New Zealand, and Korea, the Pacific nations include Japan, the Philippines, Siam, and Vietnam...
...TIME file, consisting of our U.S. editions only, was complete through the middle of August. It was well-thumbed. On a desk in the room lay a copy of the May 29 issue with IndoChina's Bao Dai, emperor of Vietnam, on the cover. Near it was a copy of the Aug. 7 Pacific* edition (Formosa's Governor K. C. Wu on the cover) stamped "U.S. Diplomatic Service...