Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-30
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lndo-Chinu.
Indo- China is important for
many reasons. FirSt-and al
ways flrst-are the human
values. About 80 million people
are seeking for themselves the
dignity of self-government.
Until q few years ago. they
formed merely a French de-
tendency. Now their three
political unitS-Vietnam. Laos
and Cambodia-are exercising
much political independence
within the French Union. Each
of the three is now recognized
by the United States and by
more than 80 other nations.
They signed the Japanese
peace treaty with us. Their
independence is not yet COM
plete. But the French govern
ment last July declared its in
tention to complete that inde-
pendence, and negotiations to
conSummate that pledge are
actively under way.
The United States is watch
ing this development with close
attention and great sympathy.
We do not forget that we were
a colony that won it's freedom.
We have sponsored in the
Philippines a conSpicuously
successful development of po-
litical independence. We feel a
sense Of kinship with those
everywhere who yearn for
freedom.
Communist Imperialism
The Communist are at
tempting to prevent the or
derby development of indie
pendence and to confuse the
issue before the world. The
Communists have. in these
matters, a regular line which
Stain laid down in 1924.
The scheme is to whip up
the spirit of nationalism so
that it becomes violent. That
is done by professional agi-
tatorS. Then the violence is
enlarged by Communist mill
tary and technical leadership
and the provision of military
supplies. In these ways, inter-
national communism gets a
strangle hold on the people
and it uses that power to
"amalgamate" the peoples
into the Soviet orbit.
"Amalgamation" is Lenin's
and Stains word to describe
their process.
"Amalgamation" is now
being attempted in Indo-
China under the ostenSible
leadership of Ho Chi Mini. He
was indoctrinated in Moscow.
He became as associate of the
Russian. Borodin, when the
latter was organizing the
Chinese Communist Party
which was to bring China into
the Soviet orbit. Then Ho
transferred his activities to
1ndo-China.
Those fighting under the
banner of Ho Chi Mimi have
largely been trained and
equipped in Communist China.
They are supplied with artil-
lery and ammunition through
the Soviet-Chinese Commu-
mist bloc. Captured materiel
shows that much of it was
fabricated by the Skoda Mu-
milton Works in CZechoslo-
vakia and transported across
Russia and Siberia and then
sent through China into Wet
nam. Military supplies for
the Communist armies have
been pouring into Vietnam at
a steadily increasing rate.
Military and technical guild
ance is supplied by an esti-
mated 1000 Communist Chi
nese. They function with the
forces of Ho Chi Mini in key
positions-in staff sections of
the high command, at the di-
vision level and in specialized
units such as signal. engineer,
artillery and transportation.
In the present stage, the
Communists in Indo-China
use nationalistic anti-French
slogans to win local. support.
But if they achieved military
or political success. it is GER
tain that they would subject
the people to a cruel Commu-
mist dictatorship taking its or
ders from Peiping and Mos
COW.
The Scope Of the Danger
The tragedy would not stop
there. If the Communist
forces won uncontested con-
troll over Indo-C China or any
substantial part thereof. they
would surely resume the same
pattern of aggression against
other free peoples in the area.
The propagandists of Red
China and Russia make it
apparent that the purpose is
to dominate all of Southeast
Asia.
Southeast Asia is the So
called rice bowl" which helps
to feed the densely populated
region that extends from India
to Japan. 1t is rich in many
raw materials, such as tin, oil,
rubber and iron ore. 1t offers
industrial Japan potentially
important markets and sources
of raw materials.
The area has great strategic
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