Speech #960183635

These raids. or. perhaps. this invasion of our friend and ally under the Manila Pact would be of the gravest consequences for peace and stability in Asia. No one can predict what the consequences of a Vietnamese attack would be on the future of the Government of Thailand. No one can predict what the consequences of such an attack would be on the fate of the nearly 1 million Cambodian refugees presently being sustained by Western relief agencies along the ThaiCambodian border. No one can predict how the Peoples Republic of China will reactperhaps with a "second lesson" to Vietnam. Finally. no one can predict what the superpower consequences would be in the event of destabilization in Southeast Asia.