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...more neutral stance. Recently he apologized to Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Nikolaev for being unable to like Communism, said he would welcome aid from any source. His apparent intent is not to swing Thailand into the Communist camp, but rather to get more closely in step with his neutralist neighbors (Burma, Cambodia. India), and take out insurance for the day when, conceivably, he might find Thailand increasingly exposed if the present erosion of the West's position becomes a collapse...
...Britain, France, Russia, Red China, North Viet Nam, South Viet Nam, Cambodia, Burma, Thailand, Laos, India, Poland, Canada...
...Burma, the Buddhist apostle of tolerance, good works and mutual trust on the national and international level...
...finger of Laos goes, so too goes the rest of the hand: a complete Communist takeover would endanger Burma, Thailand, Cambodia and South Viet Nam, all of which share Laotian borders (see map). With those countries under the Red flag, India would be dangerously outflanked-pinned down to the east, as it is already bedeviled to the north by Red China. Indonesia, already softened by Communist incursions, would be easy plucking. Malaya and Singapore could become steppingstones for further Communist expansion, to the ultimate peril of Australia and New Zealand...
...profitable cold-war theaters: Cuba, the Congo, Berlin. With such a profusion of attractive targets, why had Nikita Khrushchev chosen to push his attack hardest in an obscure piece of Asian jungle? Dangling like a plum from Asia's heartland, Laos borders on four non-Communist nations-Cambodia, Burma, Thailand and South Viet Nam. With the Laotians little interested in defending themselves and the U.S. half a world away, the temptation was irresistible-particularly if it could be had on the cheap. Victory in Laos would help flank South Viet Nam, which is already being subjected to Communist terrorism...