Word: foreign
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...disparity in power relationships in Western Europe may open new opportunities for U.S. diplomacy. De Gaulle has summoned to Paris many of his top ambassadors for a thoroughgoing review of French foreign policy. The result of that review could lead to at least a partial resumption of that sense of common purpose that once bound France not only to its European allies but also...
...flag, a yellow star against a field of red and blue, flaps conspicuously from the fender. Her limousine has stopped at the Quai D'Orsay, where she paid a courtesy call on Herve Al-phand, former French Ambassador to the U.S. and now secretary-general of the French foreign office. She has attended East bloc receptions, called on the Algerians, Cubans and Cambodians, held teas for leading French Communist women, and visited pro-Communist student organizations. Wherever she goes on this circuit, Madame Binh monotonously hammers her theme: the N.L.F. is the "principal force" in South Viet Nam because...
...Russian invaders have almost succeeded in "normalizing" Czechoslovakia to their satisfaction. Last week one of the few remaining and most popular of Alexander Duběek's reforms vanished when the government announced sweeping new controls on foreign travel. From now on, Czechoslovaks are prohibited from taking trips to the West "not conforming with state interests." So confident have the Russians become that they returned sovereignty over the country's airspace to the Czechoslovaks themselves. This means that Czechoslovak pilots will no longer need to obtain air clearance from Soviet officials for every flight. Moreover, Moscow summoned home...
...audience of gaping Eastern Europeans. The shopping downtown is better: in addition to cigars and rum, bargains include East German cameras and beautifully embroidered Czech peasant blouses. These may also be confiscated by U.S. customs on your return, but they can be regained on application to the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, Washington...
...price of the goods with the government for six months. Despite such restrictions, world trade, which grew by only 5% in 1967, is expected to regain its more normal 8% annual expansion rate this year. Much of the gain will be due to the voracious U.S. appetite for foreign goods...