Vietnam: A television history – America's Mandarin (1954-1963)Archiválva2013. december 30-i dátummal a Wayback Machine-ben „PRESIDENT EISENHOWER, 1953: Now let us assume that we lose Indochina. If Indochina goes, several things happen right away. (…) But all India would be out-flanked. Burma would certainly, in its weakened condition, be no defense. So you see, somewhere along the line this must be blocked. It must be blocked now. Now that's what the French are doing. So when the United States votes $400 million to help that war we're not voting for a give-away program; we're voting for the cheapest way that we can prevent the occurrence of something that would be of the most terrible significance to the United States of America. Our security!”
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Vietnam: A television history – America's Mandarin (1954-1963)Archiválva2013. december 30-i dátummal a Wayback Machine-ben „PRESIDENT EISENHOWER, 1953: Now let us assume that we lose Indochina. If Indochina goes, several things happen right away. (…) But all India would be out-flanked. Burma would certainly, in its weakened condition, be no defense. So you see, somewhere along the line this must be blocked. It must be blocked now. Now that's what the French are doing. So when the United States votes $400 million to help that war we're not voting for a give-away program; we're voting for the cheapest way that we can prevent the occurrence of something that would be of the most terrible significance to the United States of America. Our security!”
