Word: asia
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...outgunned (480,000 men under arms and 450 combat aircraft v. Greece's 158,000 men and 250 warplanes) and that moreover, the Greek junta had almost no international support and would be likely to back down on the Cyprus issue. Because Cyprus is so much nearer to Asia Minor than to Greece, the Turks also felt that their planes could easily hold air superiority over the island...
Since McNamara has always publicly supported the Administration's decisions in Southeast Asia, it is impossible to determine his "dovishness." In the past year, however, it has become quite clear that the Secretary disagreed sharply with the recommendations his military subordinates gave to President Johnson...
Constructive Stand. "America has taken a consistently active and constructive stand in its search for a peaceful solution in Viet Nam," said the Premier, who last month finished a ten-nation swing throughout Southeast Asia. "I was deeply impressed during my recent trip that the U.S. efforts in Viet Nam were well understood and appreciated by the governments and peoples of the Asian countries." Sato warmed Johnson's heart further when he pronounced himself "keenly aware that the position of a leader is often a lonely one filled with tribulations." Himself besieged by leftist anti-government rioters before...
...consultations on the island's future reversion to Japan. This prospect has been clouded by the war, since Okinawa is America's major Western Pacific base, and a key way station for heavy bombers and troops headed for Viet Nam. The sooner the war in South east Asia ends, the sooner Japan will regain administrative control of Okinawa and the Ryukyu chain of which it is a part. With that in mind, perhaps, Sato offered last week to serve as best he could as a "third party" in seeking a negotiated...
...cuts look as though they had been stamped out on a machine. They were, in fact, designed with the aid of a protractor and compass, although unlike many minimal sculptors, Stella still believes in executing his works by hand. The paintings were named (Sabra, Sinjerli) for ancient cities in Asia Minor only because Stella has been looking at plans for circular cities in a book on Islamic architecture...