CONFIDENTIAL,
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Appendix E.
POSITIVE PUBLICITY IN SOUTH EAST ASIA
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The objects of British policy in foreign countries in South East Asia (Burma, Siam, Indonesia, and the Associated States of Indo-China, (Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia) are:
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(i) to promote friendship between their peoples
and those of the United Kingdom, the Common- wealth and the Western democracies in general; (ii) to encourage the Governments of these countries
to develop a foreign policy based on such
friendship, and on a sense of common cause.
(iii) to encourage and assist these Governments to
build up internal stability on the basis of
democratic principles, but taking into account
the conditions of these countries and the
traditions of their peoples.
(iv) to encourage and assist the peoples of these
countries to raise their standards of living.
(v) to promote cooperation between these countries
on the one hand, and on the other, the United
Kingdom and the Colonies, the Commonwealth and
the United Nations in general both on
political questions and on the economic
development of the area.
(vi) to promote trade between these countries and
the sterling area and to encourage the
equitable treatment of British commercial
interests.
It is the function of British information services
in Asia to assist in the implementation of this policy. In order to do so, they must be able not only to explain
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