Rejection of Subic Bay Treaty
If we are determined to maintain a military base in the region, one place welcoming such a military base and probably offering cheaper rent is Cam Ranh Bay--a former U.S. military base before 1973.
Such a presence will help one of the poorest nations in the world--Vietnam. This would solve the two goals that failed during the Vietnam War: promoting a free-market economic and a political change in this Stalin model regime.
The U.S. should go where the people need us and whose government welcomes us.
DOAN VAN TOAI
The Institute for Democracy in Vietnam
Washington
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