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...American presence and protection based on mobility from afar-and hence largely invisible. Some Pentagon planners foresee a transition period in Asia that will be marked by a sort of Yo-Yo strategy. In times of tension, there could be U.S. maneuvers and training exercises that would dispatch men and planes to friendly Southeast Asian fields, pull the patrolling Seventh Fleet into allied ports. Then, as the tension subsided, the G.I.s would be pulled back to the U.S., the ships head back out into the Pacific...
What the Prime Minister clearly needed was a way to shift attention from the vote. He came up with a dandy. Just as the House policemen were crying "Lock the doors!" in preparation for the vote, a news dispatch was passed down the Conservatives' Front Bench. What they read caught the Tories-and the nation-by surprise. Said one admirer of Wilson's fast footwork: "The press can only carry one banner headline...
None of the Buddhist maneuvers seemed to faze the energetic Premier. Instead of resigning, Ky was busy consolidating his strength in the Hue-based I Corps, whose officers had been in rebellion against the government in Saigon. Working carefully, he finally felt strong enough to dispatch 400 combat police to take over Hue. His cops entered the city without interference, arrested Hue's own rebellious police, and ordered the altars removed. And as the fasting Tri Quang grew so weak that he was admitted to a local military hospital, Ky happily announced that all was well. So well that...
...These groups, including the Harvard Student Union, did not support intervention until the Nazi-Soviet pact was shattered. As Hitler's armies rolled into Russia, the Student Union suddenly turned a complete about-face and came out strongly for an immediate declaration of war against Germany and the rapid dispatch of American troops to Europe...
...These groups, including the Harvard Student Union, did not support intervention until the Nazi-Soviet pact was shattered. As Hitler's armies rolled into Russia, the Student Union suddenly turned a complete about-face and came out strongly for an immediate declaration of war against Germany and the rapid dispatch of American troops to Europe...