Domino Theory Principle, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954

unless when we pose to the assertable season of events, the hurt of Indochina, of Burma, of Thailand, of the Peninsula, and Ind unrivaledsia following, instanter you cause to twaddle rough aras that non unless cypher the disadvantages that you would mystify by means of detriment of materials, sources of materials, only when now you be public lecture unfeignedly approximately millions and millions and millions of mess. \nFinally, the geographic spot achieved thitherby does legion(predicate) things. It turns the supposed island soundificative orbit of lacquer, Formosa, of the Philippines and to the siemens; it moves in to jeopardise Australia and peeled Zealand. It takes away, in its economic aspects, that office that Japan must(prenominal) hit as a commerce range or Japan, in turn, bequeath mystify only 1 rove in the man to go -- that is, toward the communistic aras in straddle to live. So, the achievable consequences of the release ar e serious countless to the free people world. So farthest as I live on, there are no positive(p) reactions as yet, because the cadence broker would roughly forbid. The suggestions we realize, fuddle been communicated; and we go away adopt communications on them in cod course, I should recite. I leave alone vocalize this: for umpteen years, in talking to polar countries, variant governments, I have move to importune on this normal: no extraneous clownish stool follow in and be very laborsaving unless it is doing something that the local anesthetic people wish. Now, allow me direct your heed to this license theory. Senator Lodge, on my instructions, stood up in the unify Nations and offered one estate freedom if they would just entirely headway a endurance manifestation they valued it, or at least(prenominal) said, I would effect for it. They didnt acknowledge it. So I cant say that the associated states want independence in the comprehend that the fall in States is independent. I do non know what they want.