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...Galbraith also found himself involved in many lesser offshoots of the war. When the government of Bhutan wanted advice on whether or not it should remain neutral, whose evaluation could be more sage than that of the representative of the U.S.A.? Who better than the U.S. ambassador to decide if slightly rusty ammunition which had just arrived from Europe was safe...
...Galbraith praised Washington highly for the support he received during the war in spite of the Cuban crisis. "Of course," he added "a large part of the war effort in Washington was being handled by professor Carl Kaysen which kept it within the Economics department. That was a great advantage...
...Misconduct of an operation in which so much U.S. aid was involved could expose the Kennedy administration to much unnecessary criticism. Thus when reports indicated that 75 per cent of the Indian army was stationed in the punjab on the Pakistani border, away from the Chinese front, Galbraith convinced the Indian generals that a different troop placement was in order...
...strong and immediate Indian reaction has ended the threat of further Red Chinese aggression, at least for the moment, according to Galbraith. He feels strongly that "they did not expect us to be so quickly aroused. Our action has had a sufficient deterrent effect...
Conversely, United States popularity seems to be rising. Galbraith specifically noted the change which has occurred in the intellectual's attitude toward the United States. "Ten years ago the universities were quite hostile to us," but they now evidence a much friendlier and more understanding attitude. Galbraith cautioned, however, that his judgement was based primarily on the universities' reaction to him as ambassador. "I was helped by the fact that I wasn't closely identified with the right-wing, free enterprise theory of economics," he explained...