Word: briefings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...decision set in motion a widely based team of TIME staffers. Notable among them were Caribbean Correspondent Richard Duncan and veteran Santo Domingo Stringer Bernard Diederich, who was on a brief assignment in New York. The two flew to Puerto Rico, and since all civilian access to the Dominican Republic was closed, they went the military route. From San Juan harbor they were ferried by a U.S. Navy LST to the assault carrier Boxer, already en route to Dominican waters with the first contingent of marines. A Marine helicopter then flew them from the deck of the Boxer...
...privately, many Latin American statesmen admitted the necessity for quick U.S. action. Some even went on record about it. Mexico's Foreign Ministry said that it regretted a move "which evokes such painful memories," but recognized the humanitarian reasons and hoped the marines' stay "will be as brief as possible." Added Argentina's Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Zavala Ortíz: "Sometimes those who appear as intervening actually are only reacting against a hidden intervention...
Next, Wilson flew the Atlantic again and delivered a cocky, confident speech to New York's Economic Club, and then went to Washington for a brief but harmonious meeting with President Johnson. Unlike other recent visitors, Wilson did not offer to tell Johnson what he was doing wrong in Southeast Asia. Instead, there was complete agreement that the U.S. would stand fast in Viet Nam as would Britain in Malaysia. A top U.S. official said frankly, "Wilson's standing has been enhanced here. He's in command of the situation at home...
...nationalize steel to be announced this week involves twelve huge firms that manufacture about 85% of the nation's production. Included would be such giants as Dorman, Long & Co., Stewarts & Lloyds, and the Steel Co. of Wales. This partial takeover is a departure from Labor's brief experiment in 1951, when it attempted to buy up all steel-producing firms, large and small. Even so, the cost of compensation is expected to nick the government some $5.6 billion...
Until recently the Southern Christian Leadership Conference had never recruited outside volunteers; Martin Luther King, Jr., its dynamic chief, and his several dozen staff members have led local Negroes in some Southern cities in brief but dramatic campaigns, aimed usually at integrating accommodations...