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Show 83 Husain concludes from his examination of the aid commitments to Pakistan and other aligned countries compared to the the non-aligned countries that during the 1955-1960 time period the favored treatment which Pakistan received "l-ras 'committed status' anti-Communist was "in" and commitments to largely due to its and its favorable response to the United States' policies. ,,63 During this time period being commi, tted being neutral was looked down upon, especially by Secretary Dulles, but also by the Congress, the aid administration (Harold Stassen) and the President's Advisory Committee (Fairless Committee) The on the Mutual'Security Program, following quote from Norman Brown Dulles' attitude the American was not shows that atypical but reflected Secretary the general view of public at this time. Neither the Indians and Pakistanis on one side nor Americans We on the other seem to grasp the other's point of view. Americans_7 consider our international motives and poli We saw_7 the, world engaged cies clear and unexceptionable, gigantic ideological struggle and divided into two camps of Democracy versus Communism, of individual freedom of liberty versus versus suppression of individual rights, in a slavery, of the U,S,A, and the other western democracies U,S.S,R. and its satellites and China as imper ialistically minded. Everywhere we rrant the aid of other Of one that does not commit himself like India_? nations, our press and our legislators and even administrative Are officers were_7 likely to ask the direct questions: for China or the United or for Communism, Democracy you Nations, for the Soviet Union or for the United States? In versus Asia we the expectted_7 the Asians to be with us, but we could notJ understand hesitation or reservations. public L:had_7 as not learned that thse simplifZied_7 the world Brown goes to our on The American questions over situation,64 point out that our views of each other improved knowledge of and contacts with each other expanded signifi- cantly though the Indians and Pakistanis still do not feel that "Americans look upon them and other Asians as equals. ,,65 |
