751G.00/6–1954: Telegram
The United States Delegation to the Department of State
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Dulte 201. Personal for Secretary from Under Secretary. Your Tedul 217.1 Believe policy outlined in last paragraph is correct. In connection probable appeal by Laos and Cambodia, however, believe following possibilities deserve attention:
The attitude and sympathies of several Southeast Asian nations, particularly India and Burma, very different toward Laos and Cambodia than toward Vietnam plus French. If Laotian-Cambodian appeal came to issue in General Assembly would guess from what I have heard here from Menon and others that least India might do would be take position of benevolent neutrality, whereas Pakistan, Burma, and probably Indonesia would be inclined to support. Middle Eastern states would also probably be disposed to support, whereas on Thailand (possibly) and on an association of Vietnam and France (probably) they might be disposed to pay their debt to Russia by actively opposing.
Judging by the way things are developing here, I cannot help but be pessimistic about Vietnam solution, and in this connection see my following report of conversation last night with Molotov.
Feel sure that without exerting pressure on either government to act, and with exercise of care lest action of one group should injure the other, we can still have two strings to our bow, and I foresee that this may be advantageous to us.