Word: indoing
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...very sheen of the achievement that exposed the shabbiness of Western diplomacy across the Pacific. In Korea, the major allies of triumphant Lisbon listlessly pursued a stalemate. In Indo-China, French forces fell back from the hard-won gains made by the late General de Lattre de Tassigny. On Washington's high levels there was talk that sounded like defeatism for the Pacific, e.g., that U.S. air power lies virtually at the mercy of a Chinese Communist buildup which now numbers 1,700 planes (including 900 jets...
...cool, logical recesses of their minds, Frenchmen knew they had neither the resources nor manpower to fill a European vacuum left by an unarmed Germany. They could not even defend themselves. The cream of their army (about 170,000 men) is in Indo-China. They have been able to supply the men and the equipment for only five of the ten divisions they were supposed to have ready for NATO by this year. The remaining five had only half their quota...
...brass Pentagon conference in January, delegates of the Big Three Western powers, including France's General Alphonse-Pierre Juin, conferred about the sword of Damocles hanging over Indo-China...
...Inadequate replacements for captured Indo-Chinese loyalists...
...cool, monotonous voice, new Premier Edgar Faure painted a gloomy picture for the Assembly. Production has greatly increased since 1945, but, said Faure, "this improvement is insufficient to allow simultaneously building, modernizing, fighting the Indo-Chinese war, rearming and improving the standard of living...