Word: claiming
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Tehran authorities are further convinced that the Soviet KGB has for years been patiently pursuing a plot to use Afghanistan as a base for stirring up trouble in the Baluch areas of Iran and Pakistan. These observers claim that they have seen a map, drawn in Moscow and secured by the Iranian intelligence service, showing a Greater Baluchistan that would connect the U.S.S.R. with the Arabian Sea. Similarly, an Islamabad diplomat refers darkly to the "Moscow-Kabul-Delhi axis." The Russians, he insists, "are now at the Khyber Pass." Certainly this is an exaggeration if not a delusion...
...copyrighted story, the Boston Herald American said yesterday the U.S. has proposed a compromise under which "neither side--Arab or Israeli--would press its claim to exclusive sovereignty" over the West Bank of the Jordan...
Israel Although the Israeli military would gradually be phased out, the "right and claim of sovereignty" would remain with Israel. It would be responsible for "security and public order" and thus would continue to maintain some security presence. Supervisory authority would be given to a committee composed of Israel, Jordan and representatives of the area's Palestinian residents, but Israel would retain a veto...
Israel All discussion of the long-range role of the "Arab residents" of the area and their possible claim to sovereignty should be completely postponed until after the transition. The word "Palestinian" is avoided...
Manchester argues that Truman was not quite the decisive leader hagiographers claim, and that he shares the blame for the Chinese invasion. But when MacArthur repeatedly defied his orders from Washington, the President had only one choice: to relieve him of command...