Word: communique
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...other hand, Shastri played neatly into Moscow's hands by signing a joint communiqué that demanded immediate cessation of American bombing in North Viet Nam. Explaining the vague communiqué to reporters, Shastri claimed that the Kutch dispute was not mentioned because Russia did not want to interfere with British diplomatic efforts at settling the squabble. The joint silence over Red China's latest atomic explosion, he said, reflected "a neutral attitude...
...meeting took place in the Moroccan resort town of Saïdia, which lies just across the River Kiss from Algeria. Under such circumstances, it could hardly have failed. A mellow joint communiqué announced that the two old pals had discussed Algerian-Moroccan relations and had arrived at "identical views." To commemorate their new-found fraternity, in fact, they decided to build a bridge across the Kiss. Its name will be Encounter Bridge...
Whether Kasavubu could get away with it was a good question, for Tshombe was far more powerful than any of his predecessors had ever been. Minutes after Kasavubu's announcement, Tshombe's tough Interior Minister Godefroid Munongo issued his own communiqué: Tshombe would not allow himself to be fired, intended to stay in office at least until the new National Assembly is seated June...
...Bridges. At least thirty other Bulgarians faced a different fate. The government communiqué admitted the "arrest of certain persons who have violated the laws of the country." Most prominent and potentially dangerous: General Tsvetko Anev, 53, commander of the Sofia army garrison...
...From the start the meeting was a scene of confusion and cross-purposes. It began without an agenda, ended without a communiqué. There was, in fact, barely any meeting at all. Ben Bella arrived late-only half an hour before Sékou Touré had to leave. And Nkrumah had been in Bamako less than five hours when he suddenly decided he had urgent business elsewhere and flew home. That left only Ben Bella and Keita, who could not leave because he was the host. They talked alone for two hours, and one of their subjects, presumably...