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Russia's Khrushchev and Red China's Mao, meeting in Peking in early August, were accompanied by their defense ministers-a fact that led to a rush of speculation. Gist of the rumors: Communist China was again preparing to attack Formosa or the Nationalist-held offshore island chains of Quemoy and Matsu. Later events gave some substance to the speculation: Communist MIG-17s and Nationalist F-86s and F-845 began tangling more often above Formosa Strait; Communist gunners began to pound the islands, last week put down thousands of shells in two hours of the heaviest bombardment...
Dulles and Kubitschek hit it off famously from the start. Kubitschek had thought out his Operation Pan-American, presented it forcefully at their first meeting, in the gilt study of Laranjeiras Palace the day after Dulles arrived. Its gist: 1) a strong re-establishment of Pan-American unity, with Latin America's importance to the U.S. and the free world clearly emphasized; 2) a ten-year program, coordinated by a central agency, to raise Latin American productivity and living standards, thereby throw up a barrier against Communist penetration...
...hurry-up half hour after he greeted brother Dwight at Washington National Airport last week, returning Fact-Finder Milton Eisenhower gave out the "urgent" gist of the recommendations he will make as a result of his Central American swing. The U.S., he said, should consider...
...something to offer the body as well as the soul. In October 1953, the Church of England appointed a 28-man commission of ministers and medical men "to consider the theological, medical, psychological and pastoral aspects of 'Divine Healing.' " Last week the report was out. Its gist: the hope and faith religion can give provide a valuable basis for recovery, but barring the rare miracle, they are no substitute for pills and scalpels...
...Chairman Strauss was still for the package plan, the U.S.'s disarmament position "to date." But Strauss's testimony was overshadowed when, during questions, Missouri's Symington revealed the gist of Presidential Adviser Bethe's 2½ hours of testimony behind closed doors. Bethe's conclusion: 1) inspection of a ban on tests is wholly feasible, 2) agreement between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. on stopping tests is therefore feasible-and desirable. Symington paraphrased Bethe's conclusion: "He personally feels that we should go ahead with a test suspension without tying it to production...