In Indochina (one of the three places where Dulles had apparently rescued the peace—the other two were in Korea and the island of Quemoy), he had succeeded by sending two aircraft carriers steaming into the South China Sea. It was, he noted, “a modern version of the classical show of force designed to deter any Red Chinese attack against Indochina, and to provide weapons for instant retaliation ...” In fact, the aircraft carriers had been a bluff that did not work and had absolutely no effect on the Vietminh. “You have to take chances for peace,” Dulles told Shepley, “just as you must take
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