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...Formosa government brought civil suit in the federal district court in Washington to compel Mow to account for the millions put into his hands, and to return any money still left (the Nationalists thought there ought to be $7,000,000). Mow retained as his attorney Colonel William A. Roberts, a Washington lawyer who fed a steady stream of "news" to reporters; the newsmen apparently hardly paused to ask whether Mow and Hsiang were really the victims and opponents of corruption they claimed to be. Over Roberts' objections the district court insisted that it had jurisdiction, ordered plaintiff...
...circumspectly, and in most cases with surprising skill. To bring the Persian Gulf from the era of Mohammed to the age of Stratocruisers is in many respects as difficult a task as Lenin set himself to. It must be done by precept and persuasion, with no secret police to compel obedience. As a piece of social engineering, this job, being attempted by capitalists who abhor the word revolution, bears comparison with the Russian Revolution...
Deterring Aggression. Bringing the U.N. air and sea attack to the China mainland would give Air Force and Navy the strategic goals for which they are designed. It might disorganize Red China's industries and communications, notably coastal shipping. It would certainly compel the Reds to spread their defensive air power thinly up & down the 2,500 miles of Chinese territory. Unless the Reds brought in from Russia another 1000 or more
...North Atlantic Alliance is a coalition, not a federation; its Supreme Commander Ike Eisenhower can only beg, he cannot compel. How much should each of the twelve partners contribute to the common defense...
Anglo-Iranian, which has not produced a drop from its refinery in these weeks, will cut 70,000 Iranians from its payroll, stop the flow of revenue which accounts for 43% of the Iranian national budget. The British hoped such economic blows would compel a change of heart, perhaps through a change of government. But there was an unpleasant prospect in this plan: a Red-led regime and economic chaos might replace Mossadeq. The septuagenarian Premier himself clung desperately to a belief that Allah, or perhaps the U.S., would somehow retrieve the situation...