Word: blocs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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DUSSELDORF, Germany, Feb. 5--West Germany embarked today on a vigorous drive designed to counter the Soviet bloc's economic overtures in Asia and Africa...
...freedom and justice in distant lands. In 1849, for example, Americans and Britons alike were sympathetic with the erupting nationalist revolutions in Europe, and particularly indignant about the Habsburgs' brutal suppression of the Hungarian revolution. In September 1849, well before the days when there was a Hungarian bloc anywhere in the U.S., a promising Illinois Congressman named Abraham Lincoln proposed a resolution to a pro-Hungarian mass meeting: "Resolved that in the opinion of this meeting, the immediate acknowledgement of the independence of Hungary by our Government is due from American freemen to their struggling brethren, to the general...
...American sympathies. But this natural affinity must not lead the United States into grossly misstating its position. Both Israel and the Arab nations are members of the United Nations, and as such are entitled to equal protection. It would be foolish for this country to alienate the important Arab bloc under the illusion that we are committed to protection of Israel alone...
United Nations intervention, however, must take a discreet form. For one thing, the troops should come largely from nations which would not appear to the Arabs as representative of Western colonialism. Members from the Asian bloc, such as the Philippines, would be convincing. The border guard need not be a large force, for its purpose would be to stop the small day-to-day aggressions...
...decade. The only pro-Communist government in postwar Latin America, the Arbenz regime in Guatemala, collapsed in 1954. Communist parties are now illegal in 15 out of 20 Latin American republics. Only three south-of-the-border countries (Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay) maintain diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union. Communist-bloc trade with Latin America, though expanding, amounted in 1955 to less than 5% of U.S.-Latin American trade, and Red performance on promises was ragged (TIME...