Word: agreement
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Administration to declare a bombing halt on the chance that Hanoi would then consent to peace talks. To prevent the Communists from using the cessation to resupply their troops in the South, he urged the U.S. to declare that "discussions cannot continue for a prolonged period without an agreement that neither side will substantially increase the size of the war." Further, any settlement should include "all the major political elements in South Viet Nam"-including the Viet Cong...
...unmask a conspiracy to assassinate John F. Kennedy, and last week, sure enough, he made an arrest. Clay Shaw, 54, former managing director of New Orleans' International Trade Mart and a well-known civic leader, was taken into custody after five hours of nonstop questioning. "There was an agreement and combination," said Garrison's office, among Shaw, Lee Harvey Oswald and others "to kill John F. Kennedy." There it was-the first formal allegation that someone besides Oswald was involved in the President's murder...
While considering this organizational change, EFA has also been negotiating with Peace Corps officials to administer an experimental Peace Corps officials to administer an experimental Peace Corps training program. No final agreement has yet been made, but the major point of the program -- if adopted -- would be to train prospective volunteers from Harvard and Radcliffe in the countries where they would eventually work. At present, Peace Corps volunteers are trained in this country...
...days ago, faced with a possible halt in production of the copper and cobalt that account for 50% of his country's revenues, Mobutu swallowed his slogans, signed an agreement for continued operation of the mines with Sociètè Gènèrale des Minèrals (called S.G.M.), a Union Minière affiliate. "This is not a betrayal," he avowed on TV last week. Nevertheless, Congolese students drummed up discontent, and one leading businessman wired Mobutu: "We have undressed Peter to dress Paul...
...five-year agreement calls for S.G.M. to take over the Union Minière operation. S.G.M. will also recruit non-African technical personnel and market the minerals from the mines. While answerable to Gecomin, the Belgian company will handle the payment of guaranteed hard-currency wages to non-African workers. The agreement cannot be terminated until 1972, and then only if two years' notice has been given by either party. S.G.M. will make 4.5% or some $15 million a year, plus expenses, on sales of copper for the new Congolese management...