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TROUBLESOME
LANDS
8/11/61
I found your
description of South Viet Nam and
Diem [Aug. 4] informative. It
sheds, however, very little light
on something that greatly
troubles me. As of today, how
much freer are the people of
South Viet Nam under Diem's
undemocratic rule than their
neighbors in North Viet Nam? I
would like to raise the same
question about North and South
Korea. How successful can Time or
anybody else be in simply making
the word "free" a synonym for
non-Communism?
Norman Thomas
New York City
CONSTANT
WRITER
5/21/65
Re your
article about Prince Norodom
Sihanouk [May 7]: I'll be looking
forward to reading a poison-pen
letter from "Snookie."
Joseph J. Thomas
Philadelphia
See below. --Ed.
As an anti-American, I thank you
for your rotten article devoted
to my person. Your insult to a
head of state and your odious
lies dishonor not only your
magazine but also your nation
...
I assure you that I would much
prefer to die from the blows of
the Communists ... than
capitulate before you, who
symbolize the worst in humanity,
i.e., racism, discrimination,
injustice, death and lies.
Norodom Sihanouk
Chief of State
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
OVAL-OFFICE
TABLE
MANNERS
9/16/74
I could not
suppress a somewhat derisive grin
when I found President Ford
[photographed] with his dirty
shoes resting on the desk at the
White House ... I am horrified to
imagine what [he] will do in his
office next. Please ask him not
to chew gum while deciding the
fate of nations.
Eiji Hattori
Kyoto, Japan
PHILIPPINES
BALLOT
6/18/84
Somebody
should remind President Marcos of
this quote from Cato the Elder:
"I would rather have men ask,
after I am dead, why I have no
monument than ask why I have
one."
Anthony Rosales
Cebu City, Philippines
KASHMIR'S
COMPLEXITIES
12/6/93
Yes, many if
not most Kashmiris would prefer
to be independent rather than be
part of India [Nov. 8]. But have
any of the human-rights warriors
paused to consider the
consequences of the secession of
Kashmir from the Indian
union? ... Should Kashmir break
away, the latent nationalisms of
Tamil Nadu, Bengal, Kerala and
other Indian states could flare
up. As Yugoslavia has shown, it
does not take much for a
supposedly "united" federation to
disintegrate into a squabbling
congeries of peoples.
Madhav Das Nalapat
Resident Editor
Times of India
Bangalore, India
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ON THE BRINK OF ANARCHY
5/8/95
You note that
Pakistan's current problems--including
drug peddling, gunrunning, sectarian
strikes and the Karachi situation--are
largely a legacy of the Afghanistan
war[April 17]. This is a belief widely
shared ... What is not shared is your
assessment of Prime Minister Bhutto's
capabilities to tackle these difficult
tasks. She is a national leader in the
true sense, with massive support among the
people of Pakistan, who have twice elected
her to the office of Prime Minister,
something unprecedented in the country's
history.
Syed Mohammad Imran Gardezi
Vice Consul (Information)
Consulate General
Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Hong Kong
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