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...though it had retreated in Laos, could be depended on to help South Viet Nam defend its freedom. In Washington, a special Viet Nam task force was set up in the State Department. Last week a committee headed by Stanford Research Institute Economist Eugene Staley, back from a four-week study of South Viet Nam, submitted an inch-thick secret report to President Kennedy containing a detailed set of recommendations on just what needs to be done to buttress and shore up South Viet Nam for the imminent battle. Most immediate was a recommendation for funds to increase South Viet...
...proof were needed, the strike was convincing testimony that it was time to resume negotiations with the F.L.N. In the four-week interval since the Evian talks were broken off. De Gaulle has given up talk of a French-run plebiscite, which was at best a wistful hope that pro-French Moslems might vote for some alternative to the F.L.N. He has become convinced, as Coup de Frejac had blurted, that support for the F.L.N. is total, and that the F.L.N. will rule the new Algeria. The only question is: On what terms...
Reluctant Refusal. The A.A.U. knew in advance that many of the competitors who wanted to go to Moscow could scarcely afford to spend a week away from their jobs. But A.A.U. officials, who also know the pleasures of junkets abroad, proceeded to plan a full-blown four-week tour anyway, with meets in Stuttgart, London and Warsaw, following the Moscow competition. The result: nine men, nearly one-fourth of the 41-man U.S. team, reluctantly refused to make the trip. "The A.A.U. works for the A.A.U. on these trips," growled Olympic Discus Champion Al Oerter, one of the defectors...
...that Prokhorov's fellow traveling salesmen, Sergei Vishnyakov (foodstuffs and beverages) and Ivan Markelov (musical instruments, watches, toys), might have better luck. Under Canada's 2-to-1 trade pact with Russia signed last April, for every $1 worth of business the Russians drum up on their four-week tour. Canada stands to gain $2 worth of export sales...
Loud Whisper. The Cabinet decision brought a prompt announcement that Ben-Gurion would take a four-week holiday from his job. The Prime Minister's aides whispered loudly enough for everyone to hear that the vacation would be followed by Ben-Gurion's resignation if the Cabinet did not reverse itself. Mapai Party leaders went into a desperate huddle and promised to think of something that would pacify their chief...