Editing Dean Rusk (section)

===Asian affairs===
On March 24, 1961, Rusk released a brief statement saying his delegation was to travel to [[Bangkok]] and the [[SEATO]] nations' responsibility should be considered if peace settlements were not realized.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1961/03/25/page/3/article/dean-rusk-warns-of-laos-dangers-on-way-to-seato|title=Dean Rusk Warns of Laos Dangers; On Way to SEATO|date=March 24, 1961|newspaper=Chicago Tribune}}</ref> In 1961, Rusk disapproved of the Indian invasion of Goa, which he regarded as an act of aggression against NATO ally Portugal, but was overruled by Kennedy who wanted to improve relations with India and who also noted the Portuguese had no other option but to be allied to the United States.<ref name="Zeiler 100">Zeiler, Thomas ''Dean Rusk'', Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2000 p.100</ref> Earlier in 1961, a major rebellion had broken out in the Portuguese colony of Angola, which increased Portugal's reliance upon its largest supplier of arms, the United States. In regards to the [[West New Guinea dispute]] about the [[Netherlands New Guinea]], Rusk favored supporting the NATO ally Netherlands against Indonesia as he saw Sukarno as pro-Chinese.<ref name="Zeiler 100"/> Rusk accused Indonesia of aggression by attacking the Dutch forces in New Guinea in 1962 and believed that Sukarno had violated the United Nations charter, but was again overruled by Kennedy.<ref name="Zeiler 100"/> In a case of ''realpolitik'', Kennedy argued the Dutch had no choice, but to be allied with the United States, meaning they could be taken for granted whereas he was highly concerned that Indonesia, which he called "the most significant nation in Southeast Asia", might become communist.<ref name="Zeiler 100"/> To improve relations with Sukarno, Kennedy decided to support the Indonesian claim to Dutch New Guinea; Rusk later wrote he felt "queasy" about the way that Kennedy sacrificed the Dutch to win over Indonesia and had strong doubts that the "consultation" scheduled to determine the future of the territory in 1969 would be a free and fair one.<ref name="Zeiler 100"/>