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...Army history for its exploits in Italy and France, the detainees were not released until just before the end of the war-and then with neither apologies nor abodes to ease their anguish. More than 71,000 of the Japanese-Americans put behind barbed wire were born in Amer ica and thus were U.S. citizens...
...CHEMICALS. The Europeans insist that the U.S. eliminate the so-called Amer ican Selling Price tariff on certain chemicals, mainly benzenoids used in dyes, medicines and plastics. The A.S.P. taxes these goods not on their actual value but on the market price of the same products made in the U.S., which is often much higher. The result is chemical tariffs running as high as 172%. The U.S. is willing to cut the A.S.P. in return for European concessions in other areas, but both sides are still far apart...
...what the attempted coups had failed to do and killed President Abdul Salam Aref (TIME, April 22), Egypt's President Nasser wanted to be sure that Iraq's new ruler would be as friendly to Egyptian aims as Aref. Off to Baghdad went Field Marshal Abdel Hakim Amer, Egypt's No. 2 man, ostensibly to attend Aref's funeral but essentially to see that Nasser got what he wanted. Last week, with a nudge from the Egyptians, Iraq's Cabinet and top generals picked an underdog as Aref's successor. The new President: Abdel...
...last choice. The generals wanted Major General Abdel Aziz Uqaili, Iraq's Defense Minister, who favors an all-out war to exterminate Iraq's rebellious Kurdish minority. The Cabinet wanted Premier Abdel Rahman Bazzaz, who would slow state socialism. Favoring neither aim, Nasser wanted neither man. With Amer on hand to wield Egypt's influence, the Iraqis finally settled on Aref...
Nasser was not the only target of abuse. Egypt's Lieut. General Ali Ali Amer, commander of a proposed army of allied Arab states, bitterly complained that Jordan and Lebanon refused to allow foreign troops to be stationed in their countries. Jordan's King Hussein replied stubbornly: "This is just not the right time." Tiny Lebanon was again assailed for its reluctance to get moving on the long-delayed project to divert the Jordan River and deny its waters to Israel...