Note 179 — Chapter VIII · SENATOR FULBRIGHT AND WORLD OPINION
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Congressional Record, June 12, 1961, p. A4237, col. 2,b.-3,t. General Carlos P. Romulo said: “But what is significant to the peoples outside this country is that in these 16 years you have not succeeded to make Soviet Russia recede or retreat one inch from any of her ill-gotten gains.” (Congressional Record, Feb. 15, 1962, p. A1134, col. 3,t.) The Republic of China Chapter of the Asian Peoples’ Anti-Communist League has spoken of the weakening of confidence in the United States on the part of Southeast Asian countries as a result of our actions in Laos (Free China and Asia, March, 1962, p 2. See also the Congressional Record, March 7, 1962, p. A1714).
Burmese Army leaders think that the Chinese Communists will take Southeast Asia in a few years; therefore, they lean toward them (Newsweek, May 21, 1962, p. 17.)
George E. Sokolsky has pointed out that not only Cuba, but aiding our enemies and alienating our allies in certain instances has damaged our prestige (“The National Image,” Searcy Daily Citizen, May 3, 1962, p. 4.)