Word: ifs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The hastily scheduled NSC sessions were called to help the President decide on what action he might take if Moscow refused to bow to U.S. demands for a change in the status quo in Cuba. Such a refusal appeared increasingly likely, as Vance had made absolutely no progress during talks...
It is now certain that the dispute is going to have a serious impact on U.S. foreign policy, on the Administration, and on the political future of Jimmy Carter. Nothing the President manages to work out short of outright capitulation by the Soviets is likely to mollify the hard-nosed...
Carter's week of crisis started in a deceptively friendly setting: a town meeting at New York City's Queens College. It was the kind of meet-the-voter outing that he so enjoys and that usually produces nothing more than a picnic of calm discussion about unstormy...
As the tension mounted last week, Church showed no flexibility at all. Said he: "The Russians have no business having combat troops in Cuba, and I believe these forces should be withdrawn. If we are unable to draw the line with the Russians in Cuba, where do we draw it...
Rarely if ever had the prospect of a foreigner's visit so stirred the country, but then the visit itself had no precedent. His Aer Lingus 747 was to touch down at Boston's Logan Airport-and then John Paul II would be the first Pope in history...