Show A Valuable Offer of Help From Thailand The offer by Thailand to the United Nations of a combat team of of ground troops to fight fig b beside side Americans in South Korea is one which should be promptly accepted b by y General MacArthur MacAr MacArthur MacArthur MacAr- MacAr thur acting as supreme commander for forthe forthe forthe the U. U N. N in this critical fight It is an important offer not just because because because be be- cause the presence of Siamese troops in inthe inthe inthe the field would emphasize the international international international character of this Korean battle It is doubly important because this would put into the conflict some brown- brown skinned to help carry the fight for freedom for another skinned dark-skinned Asiatic people We Ve can be very sure that all Asia is watching this crucial struggle with the closest attention Asiatic peoples are wondering if this is indeed as Communist Communist Communist propaganda keeps telling them really a business of white aggression against an Asiatic people rather than as American propaganda tells them an international effort to assure the freedom freedom freedom free free- dom and independence of the Koreans It will 11 help the people of Thailand to tomake tomake tomake make up lip their minds on the point if their own troops are arc fighting in Korea just as it would help the peoples of the Philippines India Pakistan and Indonesia Indonesia Indonesia Indo Indo- nesia to make up their minds if they too had even small contingents fighting fighting fighting fight fight- ing in Korea It n would pay MacArthur to fly these Thailand troops to Korea to get them into action promptly It would strengthen his hand and ours and the United Nations Nations' Nations Nations' Nations Nations' Na Na- in the battle for mens men's minds which is going going- on right along with the battle for Korean cities and crossroads and mountaintops |