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...Christian missions, and some 35,000 of their students are Moslems, this poses something of a pedagogical as well as a spiritual problem to the Christian schools. About two-thirds of them have reluctantly agreed to comply, though the Roman Catholics have not yet committed themselves, pending high-level discussions of the "conscientious" issue raised for Catholics by this apparent placing of their religion on the same level as others...
Across the Pacific to Manila and Saigon and Taipei last week went the Vice President of the U.S. on a two-point assignment. Face to face with Asian leaders, Richard Nixon elucidated the U.S. position that collective security is wiser than neutralism. To anxious allies, he conveyed high-level assurance that the Geneva discussions between the U.S. and Red China portend no basic change in this country's attitude toward Asia...
...even while Bonn resists any high-level advances, Germans have begun to work toward unity from the bottom up. Items...
...Raised an interested eyebrow at the possibility of top U.S. military officers visiting Russia. Following a phone call by the Soviet embassy last week inviting Air Force Chief of Staff Nathan Twining to send two or three high-level airmen to Moscow's Aviation Day, June 24, Assistant White House Press Secretary Murray Snyder told newsmen he "wouldn't be surprised" if all the Joint Chiefs accepted a Red invitation. Diplomatically, this was a gaffe, because an invitation had not even been issued. But was it a hint? Next day Senate Republican Leader William Knowland, who can take...
Foremost of these is the growing apprehension about the course of U.S. foreign policy. The apprehension was heightened by last week's furor over the 18 tanks for Saudi Arabia (TIME, Feb. 27) principally because this inept episode in diplomacy was read as being symptomatic of high-level inattention to detail. Some of the worry was stirred by eager, trend-pursuing newsmen (see JUDGMENTS & PROPHECIES) and politicians in pursuit of campaign issues. Some of it was well-founded...