Word: delayed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...eyes and apologizing profusely for being late-he had been entertaining Chou En-lai at a long, lavish lunch. The four went into a huddle. At 5:20 p.m. the word went out: agreement reached. Mendès had accepted the 17th parallel; the Communists had agreed to a delay of two years before Vietnamese elections...
...agreements for Laos and Cambodia were the same, Eden then pointed out. If the Communists had made this concession to Cambodia, it ought to be made to Laos, too. Molotov agreed. But the Laotian delegates were already in bed; to get them up would mean more delay, and Mendès was anxious to have something signed. Well, they certainly would welcome the concession, he pointed out. "so let's write it in their agreement and tell them about it in the morning." Secretaries went to work retyping the texts...
Anxious Calls. The word from the State Department was not at all what Smith had expected: Dulles found the Knowland amendment unacceptable. In view of that Smith suggested a delay in the committee vote. California's Knowland, who operates with the finesse of a Patton tank, roared his protest: the Senate is coequal with the executive branch and he was tired of giving in to the State Department...
...muttered, "What's a slight delay? I plan for her to marry well...
...week's end reports that Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill now favors delay in bringing up the question of U.N. membership for Red China (see FOREIGN NEWS) were circulated in official Washington. Previously, Churchill had warned U.S. officials that there probably would be a move for Communist China's entry this fall...