Word: indoing
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...honorable mention of British, Greek, Turkish, Dutch, French units bobs up. At Lake Success, after weeks of discouraging debate, the U.S. delegation pressed its reluctant friends to a vote. Forty-four nations supported the U.S. resolution, against seven, a sign that strong leadership will bring a strong response. In Indo-China, a single man, General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, by an act of will, stopped the rot that undermined resistance to Communism...
...Indo-China, that helpless feeling has vanished. There as elsewhere in Southeast Asia, the U.S. will give active support to anti-Communist forces...
...Granting Indo-China complete independence...
...northwest corner of Indo-China is a wild, mountainous region, seemingly perfect for Communist guerrilla tactics. The people who cultivate the valleys are Thais;* in the mountains live Muongs. Both belong to the Thai Federation, part of Bao Dai's Viet Nam state. Last December, while the French were fighting desperately to hold the port of Hanoi, Communist forces drove into the Thai and Muong country, pushed the French frontier guards back 100 miles to the outpost town of Lai Chau. The Communists then set about winning over Thais and Muongs...
...Most Thais live in northern Siam (or Thailand), some in Indo-China, some in eastern Burma...