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dated December 17, 1953: From Prejudice Freed

Republican Senator Alexander Smith told a press conference in Washington D.C. on the 16th that he had formed a very favourable impression after his talks with the Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru, during his tour of Asian countries. He admitted he had first approached Mr. Nehru with a prejudiced mind, thinking that the latter was masking pro-Communist feelings behind an appearance of neutralism. He had discovered that that impression was wrong. Mr. Nehru was actually against Communism and sincerely believed that being neutral was a better way of solving the problem than adopting a hostile attitude against the Leftists. Regarding Japan, Senator Smith said the Japanese were fed up with the presence of American troops in Japan. However Japanese leaders did not want American forces to withdraw before Japan was able to cope with her defence problems by herself. Japan wanted the Americans to leave in five years. Indo-China, he thought, was among Asian regions not yet mature enough for total freedom. Thus there was a genuine problem in reconciling the implementation of promises of freedom made to Indo-China, and the maintenance of French power to check the advance of Communism in the three Associated States.

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