Mr Chairman, ladies and gentlemen, boys by the year two thousand. If present trends continue South East Asia could be completely ingulfed by the Communist onslaught.

When the United States became actively involved in South Vietnam they entered a quagmire. Now five years later they are trying to extricate themselves. The withdrawl of American ground forces compensated by greater Smith Vietnamese participation was a feasible plan, only two months ago. Recent developments in South East Asia have proved that Government troops independant of American forces are no match for North Vietnamese regulars. If American forces had withdrawn as planned there would have been no democratic countries in South East Asia surviving within two decades, for the pressure from Communist China would have been too great too resist. Nixons descision has committed America too involvement in South East Asia. What lies ahead will be either victory or defeat for there will be no honourable withdrawl.