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...before. "The Americans are in a difficult situation, and I can understand their difficulties now," she said. "I have been in my talks with Mr. Johnson impressed by the sincerity of the President's desire for a peaceful settlement in that war-torn country." Later, in a joint communiqué, the President and Mrs. Gandhi agreed that there should be a "just and peaceful solution of this problem" and that Red China's aggressive policies "pose a threat to peace, particularly in Asia." That night, calling at the Indian Embassy ostensibly to make a brief farewell visit...
Pakistan steered cautiously all the way to the final communiqué. If the Chinese, woefully short of friends these days, had hoped for a Pakistan denunciation of the U.S. role in Viet Nam, they were in for a disappointment. The communiqué at visit's end contained not one word on the subject...
There were some faint signs of hope. Singh did permit Kashmir to be listed as an area of "dispute" in the conference's official communiqué-which was considered progress by the Pakistanis because until now India has called Kashmir an internal problem. When Prime Minister Indira Gandhi visits the U.S. on March 27, Lyndon Johnson will undoubtedly want to hear about plans for further action. As inspiration, the U.S. last week announced the resumption of "nonlethal" military shipments to both India and Pakistan (cars, trucks, transport planes). The hint was clear: when India and Pakistan become still closer...
...something of a snob. As Prime Minister, he was constantly darting off to London for receptions and ceremonies, test matches at the fashionable Marylebone Cricket Club, and the Commonwealth Conference ("I make a few statesmanlike remarks. The eminent gentlemen of the civil service, who have already written the ultimate communiqué, say, 'Yes, that was a good point...
...Gaulle, purple with rage, summoned his Cabinet to a table-thumping session and aired the whole matter. When the Cabinet proposed a bland communiqué, De Gaulle seized the draft and wrote out the harsh facts himself for the world to hear: that though it was "organized abroad," the kidnaping "had been brought off with the complicity of agents of French special services or police." Insisting that "justice be done," De Gaulle sacked Counterespionage Chief Paul Jacquier. S.D.E.C.E. itself was transferred from the authority of the Premier's office to the Defense Ministry, and a complete reorganization...