Word: dulleses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Calm Focus. Shrewd and impenetrably affable, Dulles talked with calm realism. Let's get things in focus, was his theme. One and only one basic, unifying interest had brought members together: mutual defense against their Soviet Communist neighbor. Dulles argued that the U.S. could do more for the Baghdad...
To the area members' plaintive citation of Russian aid to Syria and Egypt, Dulles promised that the U.S. Development Loan Fund would consider favorably any application for loans. Then, to the members' pleased surprise, Dulles promised that the U.S. would put up an additional $10 million to complete...
Exhibits of Despotism. As for the vaunted Russian aid, Dulles pointed out that the Russian figures are misleading, since the Russians count trade in their totals, e.g., the money they pay Egypt for its cotton and Syria for its wheat. On that basis, U.S. aid to pact member countries alone...
The U.S. policy, said Dulles, is to give assistance to the world society of free men spread over a vast area, and any other system would be incompatible with the spirit and traditions of the U.S. Altogether, the U.S. has given $60 billion in aid since World War II. Much...
Reassured and mollified, the area members stilled their differences in a communique expressing "satisfaction" with the U.S. position. Even Iraq's Nuri asSaid, who had gone to Ankara threatening to withdraw Iraq from the pact unless he got its backing for a Palestine solution, was persuaded by Dulles and...