Word: asia
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Goldberg chided the statesmen-by implication, Charles de Gaulle as well as Thant -who persistently appeal "to one side to stop, while encouraging the other." Denying that the U.S. is engaged in a "holy war against Communism," Goldberg disclaimed any American interest in establishing a "sphere of influence" in Asia. "We want a political solution, not a military solution," he declared. "We seek to assure for the people of South Viet Nam the same right of self-determination-to decide their own political destiny, free of force -that the United Nations Charter affirms...
...world, but also mines the potash that grows the wheat that feeds the world. At Esterhazy, the 3,200-ft.-deep corridors of a new $60 million International Minerals & Chemical Corp. mine glow in strobe lights, as drilling machines shear out the pink ore for export to Europe and Asia. Eleven more potash mines are in prospect...
...coupled with this reaffirmation of our wish for peace in Asia, was Goldberg's strong restatement of our opposition to the admission of Red China to the U.N. Although he made much of American efforts to restore "historically friendly relations with the great people of China," the ambassador promised that the U.S. will oppose giving the Chinese a seat so long as their "stated program" is to "transform the world by violence." By failing to adopt the two-China policy, which would allow Red China to enter on the condition that it recognized the equal right of Nationalist China...
...money, technical assistance and encouragement. The U.S. hopes that they will also create the resources necessary to cope with insurgency from within largely on their own-and some day even swing enough moral and military force to discourage Peking's more violent designs. What is growing up in Asia with U.S. help is the beginning of a Pacific Community, much as the free world is already linked in the Atlantic Community. Once the war in Viet Nam is ended, the U.S. sees no reason why it should not watch and cheer that community from its own shores, ready...
...after all, one mandatory oil blockade was supposedly already in force, but Rhodesia had somehow always managed to get plenty of oil. In the end, there was not much the Commonwealth could do about it. Before they went home, however, the leaders of 16 former British possessions in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean broke ranks with Wilson, made use of the official conference communique-traditionally a bland document saying nothing-to register their disagreement and disgust...