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...much less concerned about the possibility of a war of encounter. Its worry, as hinted by Dulles, is the thought of what happens if non-Communist Asians lose heart and collapse into Communism. Then, indeed, there might be a general conflict, with the Western powers attempting to rescue Malaya, Indonesia, Siam, Burma and even Japan. Quemoy and Matsu have one meaning in the U.S. nightmare, another in the British nightmare. Dulles' main task at the Manila Pact conference in Bangkok this week will be to state the Asian danger in terms that will bring Britain and other participating nations...
...mutual defense organization. Australia and the Philippines want a firm military structure and precise military commitments. The British want merely a secretariat, and the U.S. position is somewhat similar. The British, acutely aware of the vulnerability of Malaya since the fall of Dienbienphu, are already building jet air bases and plan to transfer the Australian garrison from Suez to Malaya. The British would like Singapore to be GHQ of the treaty organization, but may yield to the U.S. preference for Bangkok or Manila, either of which would avoid the stigma of colonialism attaching to Singapore...
Though the British government last week had its mind on Formosa, it was also keeping uneasy watch on Malaya (pop. 7,000,000), its biggest strategic and economic stake in Southeast Asia. Against fewer than 6,000 Communist guerrillas, the British are currently deploying more than 250,000 troops, home guards and police. General Sir Gerald Templer's brilliant slash-and-starve campaign of two years ago drove the demoralized Communists into jungle lairs, but the Communist victories in nearby Indo-China have produced a new, hopeful rallying cry in the Malay jungles: "Father Mao Is Coming...
...situation, according to Malaya's Lieut. General Sir Geoffrey Bourne, is "potentially nasty." The British are sending paratroop reinforcements to the rubber-rich colony, and last month decided to equip three Malayan airfields for jetbomber use. The Australians are training 1,200 infantrymen for jungle war, and last week the senior generals of both Australia and New Zealand inspected Malaya...
...token of the new uneasiness, the British invited another significant guest to Malaya: General Phao Sriyanondh, the silver-haired police chief of Thailand. The British gave General Phao a helicopter tour of the defenses, and persuaded him to help work out a "general pattern of operations" on the narrow Kra Isthmus, north of the Malaya-Thailand border. The British have evidence that the Communists are training new jungle forces in a safe redoubt across the Thai border. "We will have to be more careful about our future," agreed Thailand's tough General Phao...