As for my own view... uh, I thought through as best I could... the meaning of Southeast Asia to the United States in the 1950s... looking backward and looking forward... in terms of what I know about the dynamics of societies and so on.
En canto á miña propia perspectiva... reflexionei o mellor que puiden... sobre o significado de Asia Sudoriental para os Estados Unidos nos '50... mirando cara o pasado e cara o futuro, ... en relación coa que sei sobre a dinámica das sociedades, etc.