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To: LindyBill who wrote (108603)	7/28/2003 10:26:20 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

I think we just did not have the will to stop the Communists in Asia at the time. People forget just how strong the pro-communist movement was in this country at the time. I don't think the American left had much to do with it. The moment of decision came very early and passed quickly, and it was a very small part of a big busy picture. The British role is often underestimated: they were absolutely determined to prevent the success of an anticolonial movement in the region. To them it was a big deal, to us it was a small deal; they acted, we didn't. The odd sideline was that Roosevelt had taken a personal interest in Indochina, and he might have paid more attention to the decision. He wasn't there, though.