There are many reasons for this. but probably the most important has been our success in developing good relations with both Japan and China. the two major powers in the area. The second point. and a very troublesome one. is the great suffering and danger to the peace of the area caused by Vietnamese expansionisman expansionism made possible only because of Soviet backing of some $3 million a day. The huge number of Indochinese refugees and the continuing threat of mass starvation in Kampuchea are the direct result of Hanois ambitions to dominate its Indochinese neighbors. even if that requires deprivation for its own people and heavy dependence on the U.S.S.R. Only Thailands farsighted and humanitarian policy of opening its borders to starving Khmer. the generous first asylum policies of the ASEAN countries and Hong Kong. and the willingness of many nationsled by the United Statesto provide permanent homes for hundreds of thousands of refugees have prevented the situation from exploding. As chairman of the East Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee of the Committee on Foreign Relations. I have worked closely with Secretary Holbrooke since he assumed his present position early in 1977.
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