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To: Dayuhan who wrote (108609)	7/29/2003 2:20:04 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) of 281500

I don't think the American left had much to do with it. I don't want to fight the "Who lost China" battle but we know a lot more about FDR's "Uncle Joe" attitude now. He felt he could control things. And gave away the store in Europe. As Hawk mentioned, we were a lot less interested in Asia compared to Europe, and our Asia interest was all Japan and China. The commies were not as monolithic as we presumed at the time, but we were right to be cautious in our attitude and assume the worst, IMO. I suspect if we had kept the French out of Nam, eventually the Chinese would have helped Ho take over, if he hadn't already. How to describe State in 46? Establishment East Coast. Anti-Semitic, Liberal, Eurocentric. I think more Pro-Colonial than FDR. "White Man's Burden." But underneath, a feeling that Socialism was the wave of the future.

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