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International Recognition 127 American administration to change its friendly policies toward the Marcos and Chun regimes, respectively. The South Korean and Filipino exiles were received by many senators and representatives, and were influential in Congress's drafting of a resolution, passed unanimously in the House, that urged the regimes in question to move toward democracy. In addition, through the mobilization of their respective diasporas in the United States, South Korean and Filipino exile groups increased the pressure on the American administration to reevaluate its policies toward their countries.60 Finall~ since the distinction between allies and enemies in world politics is in constant flux, political exiles must exhibit particular sensitivity in making alliances. On the one hand, predominantreliance on a single source of political support involves the risk of fatal disillusionment. On the other hand, in their attempt to secure the support of a great number of international patrons, the exiles must maneuver sensitively between their prospective supporters' conflicting desires. By extending themselves in a number of directions, the exiles cannot entertain much hope of obtaining a strong commitment from anyone contributing group. Thus after World War II the exiled Spanish Republicans, while at the same time maintaining warm relations with the Soviets, anticipated the overthrow of Franco's fascist regime by the Western Allies, whose commitment to democracy they had overestimated. The American, British, and French governments had no desire to take decisive action against the Spanish Nationalists. Their plea in March 1946 for the peaceful abolition of the Franco government and the restoration of Republican Spain at the same time voiced their reluctance to interfere in lithe internal affairs of Spain,"61 and was an ominous indication of the future relationship between the Western democracies and Franco's Spain.62 As Louis Stein has written: liThe United States and its allies were preoccupied with political and military planning for a possible war against the Soviet Union.... Because of its strategic importance, Franco's Spain became an ideological and military bastion against the Soviet Union."63 International Organizations and the Global Mythology Many exile organizations try to stir world public opinion and obtain international assistance by latching onto issues that the global international community finds symbolically resonant. These issues are usually part of a storehouse of political mythologies widely accepted jat least rhetorically) by the international community as archetypes of legitimac~ especially since World War II. They comprise such mesInternationalRecognition 127 American administration to change its friendly policies toward the Marcos and Chun regimes, respectively. The South Korean and Filipino exiles were received by many senators and representatives, and were influential in Congress's drafting of a resolution, passed unanimously in the House, that urged the regimes in question to move toward democracy. In addition, through the mobilization of their respective diasporas in the United States, South Korean and Filipino exile groups increased the pressure on the American administration to reevaluate its policies toward their countries.60 Finally, since the distinction between allies and enemies in world politics is in constant flux, political exiles must exhibit particular sensitivity in making alliances. On the one hand, predominantreliance on a single source of political support involves the risk of fatal disillusionment. On the other hand, in their attempt to secure the support of a great number of international patrons, the exiles must maneuver sensitively between their prospective supporters' conflicting desires. By extending themselves in a number of directions, the exiles cannot entertain much hope of obtaining a strong commitment from anyone contributing group. Thus after World War II the exiled Spanish Republicans, while at the same time maintaining warm relations with the Soviets, anticipated the overthrow of Franco's fascist regime by the Western Allies, whose commitment to democracy they had overestimated. The American, British, and French governments had no desire to take decisive action against the Spanish Nationalists. Their plea in March 1946 for the peaceful abolition of the Franco government and the restoration of Republican Spain at the same time voiced their reluctance to interfere in lithe internal affairs of Spain,//61 and was an ominous indication of the future relationship between the Western democracies and Franco's Spain.62 As Louis Stein has written: //The United States and its allies were preoccupied with political and military planning for a possible war against the Soviet Union.... Because of its strategic importance, Franco's Spain became an ideological and military bastion against the Soviet Union.//63 International Organizations and the Global Mythology Many exile organizations try to stir world public...

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