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The report proposed abolition of the ineffectual Psychological Strategy Board, which, the committee said, was "founded upon the misconception that 'psychological activities' and 'psychological strategy' somehow exist apart from official policies and actions . . ." To replace the purely advisory PSB, the committee recommended setting up an Operations...
A little later, slender Major General Mohammed Naguib, front man in the military coup which toppled playboy King Farouk from his throne last July, went on the air as the Republic of Egypt's first Premier and President. ". . . We proclaim today," said he, "in the name of the people...
¶ Sent to Congress four reorganization proposals, including 1) a merger of all foreign information services, now carried on by State, MSA, Point Four and occupation authorities, into a new U.S. Information Agency, and 2) the abolition of MSA in favor of a new, broader Foreign Operations Administration. Both will...
Ten centuries of jurisdictional thrust and parry have reduced the crown's prerogatives. Elizabeth II, though ostensibly sovereign over everything and everyone British, may not publicly express any political sentiment, nor refuse to sign any bill of Parliament, even though it should require the abolition of monarchy. Yet what...
Soon Wilson was at war on another uncharted battle front, with some of the more prominent members of the press. The trouble began last January, when Columnists Joseph and Stewart Alsop blasted Wilson for his plan to appoint his great friend, CBS Funnyman Arthur Godfrey, as Defense Department representative to...