Word: asia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Administration which were responsible for the Far Eastern policy which has led to the present crisis. He was editor of the China white paper . . . He participated in the unfortunate events which led to the summary dismissal of General MacArthur. He is the symbol of a group attitude toward Asia which seems to have been proven completely unsound. This is not a case of mere difference of opinion. This is an issue that may well involve the future of Asia and the world." On this ground, Smith concluded, he would vote to reject Jessup's nomination. It was, he admitted...
...liberal Republicans joined to push through the Administration's program for the defense of Western Europe. Most important: the Senate's resolution approving the dispatch of four additional U.S. divisions to Germany; the $7.3 billion appropriation to provide arms and economic aid for Western Europe, non-Communist Asia, the Middle East and Latin America. On resolutions demanding a clear-cut anti-Communist policy on China, conservative Republicans, liberal Republicans, Southern Democrats and even Fair Dealers joined. The two Republican blocs insisted, by resolution, that strategic use be made of Spain, Western Germany, Greece and Turkey. On rearmament...
...Asia, is faced with steering the lifeboats and supervising the disaster teams. The Moslem world, frantic to shake off oppression and poverty that it ascribes solely (and not altogether correctly) to Western exploitation, has frequently responded with a fanatical and irresponsible nationalism. That way is apt to lead to continued poverty, chaos and neutralism at the least, to ultimate capture by Communism at the worst...
...defensive on two points: Foreign Secretary Herbert Morrison, whom the Tories dubbed "Lord Festival of Abadan," in commemoration of his two best-known activities, tried to justify his notably unsuccessful foreign'policy: "The world has changed . . . but Labor understands this new world. We can treat the demands of Asia and Africa with understanding." And reacting to the Tory slogan, "A Vote for Labor Is a Vote for Bevan," Clement Attlee devoted a final broadcast to scotching the whispering campaign that, if elected, he would resign in favor of Bevan. "I am not going to resign," he said, "unless...