Word: importations
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Fighter-Bomber Squadron: "Individually and collectively we feel that it has a deep, sincere message for all the people in and from the United States of America . . . Are people at home realizing that this isn't a police action but a fight for survival? Do people realize the import of your statement about the number and excellence of our weapons...
...West, Acheson thought, lay the hope of stopping Russian Communism. In his previous capacities at State he had done yeoman service in helping to prepare and win congressional approval of Lend-Lease, UNRRA, the World Bank, the Export-Import Bank and the Truman Doctrine. In a speech in the spring of 1947 he had outlined the ideas which George Marshall had taken up a month later, and which became the Marshall Plan. During the months immediately following Acheson's induction as Secretary, the West even held the momentary initiative. Acheson presided over the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty...
...presence of President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla and U.S. Ambassador Claude G. Bowers, Chile last week formally inaugurated its $88 million Huachipato steel plant, second largest in Latin America. Built with the help of a $48 million U.S. Export-Import Bank loan, the mill is the key unit in Chile's industrialization drive. Since its ultimate annual output of 350,000 tons is three times Chile's present needs, the plant will be able to help supply the needs of Chile's neighbors, will be of great strategic value in time...
...York destination, a Japanese export license was easily obtained. In transit, the copper was resold to agents of Red China. Since the shipment originated in Japan, the copper was exempt from U.S. export controls when it passed through New York. Said Jerome Kohlberg,* president of the Kane Import Corp. which bought & sold part of the copper: "We acted in accordance with all Government regulations...
When the Shah of Iran visited the U.S. last year, he got a royal welcome that laid the groundwork for a $25 million Export-Import Bank loan. Day by day, through an Iran relay station, the Voice of America beamed an account of the Shah's glad-hand tour. When the Shah returned to his country he decided to continue the Voice relays. For 15 minutes daily since then, the Voice has been heard from the Teheran medium-wave station. Last week the Shah's government silenced the VOA relay broadcasts. The order came a few days after...