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WILLIS'ROBERTSON
SOUTHEAST ASIA SHOULD FURNISH ITS OWN TROOPS
In this column lpst week j'spoke in general terms of the problem of Indo-China which is to be considered by the Geneva Conference. I mentioned the substantial contribution the United States is making toward carrying on ]the war against Communist agression in Southeast Asia and indicated my belief that if we are to continue to invest our dollars an<| material wealth in that cause, we have a right to expect real cooperation from the other democratic nations. • Most of my recent correspondence on the subject of IndoChina has been from Virginians who were alarmed by the VicePresident’s suggestion that Wfe might send American troops into that area. I am , returning to the subject, therefore* to indicate my T belief that what I said about expecting others to do their share in providing financial support applies even more emphatically to the matter of manpower. /
Our foreign financial aid program, carried on since the end of World War II on the most lavish scale in recorded history, has proved two fundamental facts: (1) You can’t buy friends with dollars and (2) No type of aid, financial or military, will instill into the hearts of people of a foreign nation a love of personal freedom which they do not ihherently possess.
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