Word: asia
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...must end it [the North Vietnamese aggression] without producing a bigger war; I reject the arguments of some to use nuclear weapons. But we must also end it without producing another war. Many of the peace proposals could end the war, but they would produce another war--possibly in Asia or in other areas; this would strengthen the hawks in Red China and the Soviet Union...
...matter of note. What particularly rankles most members of the Foreign Relations Committee is the suspicion that they were not given all the facts about reported attacks on U.S. destroyers before approving the Golf of Tonkin Resolution, which gave the President broad authority to "prevent further aggression" in Southeast Asia. The Administration claims that resolution to be the "functional equivalent" of a declaration of war on North Viet...
...problem that the committee wishes to resolve is a potential conflict between two seemingly incompatible goals of the council: to spread its ecumenical net as wide as possible and to make Christianity more responsive to modern social issues. Representatives of the "new churches" of Africa and Asia want the council to take a strong stand on such questions as economic "colonialism" and nuclear armaments. But the numerically potent Orthodox churches of Eastern Europe and the Near East, says one council staffer, "don't give a hoot about secular problems...
...Tigers' boss, General Claire Chennault, domesticated some war-weary military transports and U.S. fighter pilots following World War II, hardly anyone expected the ragtag operation to last for long. In fact, his CAT (for Civil Air Transport) blossomed into one of the best-run airlines in all of Asia, flying out of Taipei around the Communist perimeter from Seoul to Bangkok. But now, CAT's string seems to have...
Over the years, CAT slipped behind Taiwan's fast-moving economy, and its backers seemed to lose interest. Though 60% of CAT is owned by Chinese investors, the remaining share is held by Pacific Corp., a Delaware-registered holding company that also owns Air Asia and Air America, both booming and active these days in supporting U.S. military efforts in Southeast Asia. U.S. personnel have dominated CAT's front office as well as its cockpits...