COMMUNISM IN ASIA
Need To Accept Challenge fZJJJ. Press Association) MASTERTON. Oct S People had many misgivings about the inroads of communism in Asia, said the Governor-General (Lord Cobham) at Featherston today. “But let us at least be honest about this." he said "If you and your family were living on a starvation diet. I suggest that your main concern would be not which world ideology to follow, but where tomorrow's breakfast was to be found “By our contribution to the Colombo Plan we take our first steps to break the vicious circle that has the masses of Asia in its grip And if our responsibilities to this vast area involve some material and economic sacrifices, is this not the challenge we Western democracies need to keep up from following too closely the god of material wealth?"
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29637, 6 October 1961, Page 8
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