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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...handling of its casualties is an especially intriguing point. Since the 1968 Tet offensive, the North Vietnamese have borne the brunt of the fighting in the South; during that time, they have suffered an estimated 150,000 to 200,000 battle deaths. Yet the Hanoi regime does not inform parents and wives of the fate of their dead sons and husbands. Possibly Hanoi's silence on the subject indicates that the government fears popular reaction to the big losses. On the other hand, the regime's behavior may simply indicate that it does not have to take public...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: North Viet Nam: Trying to Read Ho | 5/30/1969 | See Source »

Actually, the sales had been suspended last February with the seizure of the first U.S. boat. Peru's Dictator General Juan Velasco Alvarado was informed privately that the Pelly amendment to the Foreign Military Sales Act of 1968 left Washington no alternative. For some reason, Velasco had neglected to inform his countrymen, and last week's disclosure from Washington brought a rush of questions in Lima. Velasco held a twelve-hour huddle with his Cabinet and produced a six point communiqué. If the ban on shipments is officially confirmed, it read, then the U.S. military missions currently...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peru: Fish and Oil | 5/30/1969 | See Source »

...media operated on the theory that they should persuade potential consumers, not inform potential voters. "When television first appeared, it had the greatest potential of anything man had ever invented," Gilligan said. "The British were able to realize this [with the BBC] but we were not." Newspapers were not much better. Gilligan did not think that televised distortion of the news was more frequent or more harmful than selective exclusion of news by newspapers. Editors, he said, usually have no qualms about blacking out certain events or stories that offend their biases. He challenged his audience to count...

Author: By Thomas Geoghegan, | Title: John Gilligan | 5/30/1969 | See Source »

...That we demand the Administration publicly inform the community on its decision on the demands of this meeting...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Soldiers' Field Resolutions | 4/16/1969 | See Source »

...problem of legitimacy and its future role has plagued the CRSR since its start on Monday night. The committee yesterday afternoon postponed discussing the problems and started working to inform the community about the substance of the Soldiers' Field proposals...

Author: By William M. Kutik, | Title: Structural Reform Group Divided on Future Action | 4/16/1969 | See Source »

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