Word: asia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...April 11-14: Dulles flew to London, talked to the British about a broad defense pact in Southeast Asia, looking toward direct intervention in Indo-China if needed. The British were reluctant to act before Geneva, and Dulles could not guarantee the British that the U.S. itself would go ahead; he could only say that, if the British agreed on "united action," he would be able to ask Congress. The British agreed only to "examine the possibility." The French took somewhat the same attitude, though they still talked of an air strike. As Laniel explained last week: "All solutions which...
...British argued, to the exasperation of the U.S., that a Southeast Asia Treaty Organization could not succeed without the backing of the Asian countries of the Commonwealth, particularly India. (Snapped one observer: "If the U.S. cannot take strong action without the approval of the British Parliament, and the British cannot act without the approval of Nehru, Western policy will be immobilized.") Last week Nehru told the British his decision: he was willing to associate in an Asian defense pact if everybody else joined too. By everybody Nehru apparently meant Communist China, and perhaps Russia as well:-a plan about...
...Pakistan's Abdul Khaliq, 21, "fastest man in Asia," who, after only two years of running, won the 100-meter dash in 10.6 seconds (Olympic record...
...feel that the President and the Secretary of State are trying to determine at this time how the people feel about our Indo-China policy," French continued. "We're trying to show them that we do not wish another Korea by pursuing a policy of colonial intervention in Asia...
While the delegations from communist Asia tried their hand at the big time in Geneva last week, Secretary Dulles headed south to a meeting with Italian Premier Mario Scelba. In their Milan conference, Dulles offered a feasible settlement to the question of Trieste...