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...Korea. It is guilty of "ruthless, intolerable, illegal and barbarous bombing . . . against the peaceful population." It is intervening in "a civil war." It has tried to enslave Korea "into a colony of American monopolies." It is also trying to "stifle the lawful aspirations of ... the Chinese people, the Viet Nam people, and other people in Asiatic countries who are striving for freedom and national independence...
...civilian aid to the Vietnamese government. Saigon also expects that the U.S. will spend $200 million for military aid to Indo-China (out of the total of $300 million earmarked for southeast Asia). As that aid is given, the U.S. is going to have to put tactful pressure on Viet Nam and on the French to correct their mistakes. Energetic administrators like Governor Nguyen Huin Tri must be helped, and others told to use what they have before asking for more. A social policy must at least be initiated. Indo-Chinese intellectuals must be taught that self-rule...
Take René Dupuis, the 25-year-old engineer who drove me from Langson to the fort of Dongdang, on Viet Nam's northeast frontier. "I like it out here," said Dupuis. "It's adventure, I feel I'm useful, and I like the Vietnamese." His rifle was propped against the seat beside him. Every mile along the road a French fortress of brick and bamboo dominated the countryside. Between them we passed patrols of bearded men, four or five in a group, wearing jungle-green uniforms and broad-brimmed, shapeless felt hats, snaking in single file...
...Viet Nam, as the Indo-Chinese call their country, is shaped like the load which millions of her barefooted peasants carry over their shoulders: two bulging baskets at either end of a thin pole. One bulge is northern Viet Nam (Tonkin), and the other southern Viet Nam (Cochin China). In the slender central region (An-nam), the mountains ripple almost down to the coast. Ho Chi Minh's Communist forces terrorize the coastal plains. In the south, terrorists make life unpleasant in the crowded Saigon region, and the Communist Vietminh haunts the marshes between the numberless arms...
There is also a third and viable solution that will bring the kindly, intelligent and sensitive people of Viet Nam solidly and healthily to the Western side. They must be given the self respect of free men. Tangibly, that means that a Vietnamese national army must be built up by the French which can eventually replace the French. The French must give arms to villagers whose desire to defend themselves is beyond reasonable doubt...