Word: agenda
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...Paris the Russians launched a big diplomatic and propaganda drive this week. Andrei Gromyko had come to meet his Western opposite numbers, to see if they could agree on an agenda for a full-dress Big Four conference. Gromyko proposed this agenda: 1) "demilitarization" of Germany (Moscow has been screaming long & loud that Western plans to defend West Germany threaten the peace); 2) a peace treaty for Germany, including withdrawal of all Allied troops; 3) "improvement of the situation in Europe," including a possible cut in the armed forces of the Big Four...
Speaking for the three Western nations, Britain's Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs Ernest Davies denied the Russian charge that Western defense plans for Germany were a threat to the peace, submitted the West's own agenda: 1) examination of all causes of "international tension" in Europe, presumably including Russia's arming of the satellites; 2) a peace treaty for Austria, which Russia has been stalling; 3) unification of Germany and a German peace treaty...
Electoral procedure for the permanent class committee, an issue which brought about charges of "bungling" last year, is also on the agenda...
...valid distinctions between being anti-Communist and pro-American. Last week in London, convinced that the U.S. had a bull by the tail in Korea, the Commonwealth Prime Ministers tried frantically to wiggle themselves, the U.N. and the Americans out of the pasture. The Korean problems on the Commonwealth agenda crowded out defense talks, trade negotiations, even the bitter India v. Pakistan dispute over Kashmir...
...other actions last week the N.C.A.A: ¶ Dropped from the agenda all charges against last year's code violators. ¶ Passed a resolution against the "live" (i.e., while the game is being played) telecasting of regular-season college football next fall, left it up to member schools to comply or not, as they thought best. ¶ Agreed that member schools should not play in post-season bowl games unless the price is right, i.e., teams must be guaranteed 75% of the gross receipts...