Normalization: time for a US initiative

Journal Article · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1985 · World Policy J.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6278280

Scheffer, D J

It is in the US interest to achieve regional stability in Indochina peacefully through negotiations. A more active policy in Indochina would stand a better chance over the long term of blunting the growing Soviet military presence in Vietnam than would the current policy, which permits and even encourages the expansion of Soviet influence in the South China Sea area. The economies of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia desperately need development assistance and foreign investment. These conditions could merge with the short-term goal of accounting for troops missing in action and a Vietnamese withdrawal from Cambodia.

• OSTI ID: 6278280
• Journal Information: World Policy J.; (United States), Journal Name: World Policy J.; (United States) Vol. 3:1; ISSN WPOJE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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