“If Indochina [Vietnam] falls, Thailand is put in an almost impossible position. The same is true of Malaya with its rubber and tin. The same is true of Indonesia. If this whole part of South East Asia goes under Communist domination or Communist influence, Japan, who trades and must trade with this area in order to exist must inevitably be oriented towards the Communist regime.”
-Vice-President Richard Nixon, Speech 1953
The Soviet Union wanted to prevent a united West Berlin. Why?
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West Berlin would be much bigger than East Berlin
It would take valuable resources away.
The threat to the Soviet Union would be too great.
West Germans would be able to freely enter East Germany.