I think because he says it would help them and give them more supplies.
Vietcong, SEATO and the US produced weapons
<span>" The End of the Blockade. By spring 1949, it was clear that the Soviet blockade of </span>West Berlin<span> had failed. It had not persuaded </span>West<span> Berliners to reject their allies in the </span>West<span>, nor had it prevented the creation of a unified </span>West <span>German state."
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