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Most Turks agree that the country's shaky civilian rule depends on shrewd, wrinkled Premier Ismet Inonu, 78. Alone among professional politicians, he has the confidence of the nation's generals, who seized power in 1960 and who would not hesitate to take over again if Inonu's precarious civilian coalition collapsed. Last week a political crisis inside Inonu's own Republican People's Party almost forced the old man to quit, raising fresh fears of another military coup...
...week, after Kennedy's first television announcement of the Cuba missiles threat. Out of the blue, Soviet Ambassador Nikita Ryzhov sought an audience with Foreign Minister Feridun Erkin, confronted him with a blunt demand for immediate withdrawal of U.S. missiles and NATO installations in Turkey. Premier Ismet Inonu himself drafted the note of rejection. Next Ryzhov arrived with a second, blunter ultimatum: Withdraw the U.S. bases or the Soviet Union will put Turkey's cities first on the list for annihilation if war comes. "If you don't think we are ready to make war over Cuba...
Bitter bickering over the proposed amnesty has been the parliament's main preoccupation for more than a year, while Turkey's economy teetered and riots erupted in the cities. Republican Premier Ismet Inonu, 78, wanted a partial amnesty. His coalition partners in the Justice Party, as political heirs of Menderes, demanded immediate and total amnesty. The army junta, which had overthrown Menderes was against letting anyone go. Wily Inonu finally won out by allowing his divided government to collapse and forming a new coalition with two small parties that agreed with him. Striding spryly up to the rostrum...
Thus, while conferring with Premier Ismet Inonu in Turkey, he expressed...
...assured Inonu that the U.S. would continue its military aid to Turkey. But he also pointed out that the U.S. is tightening up on its foreign economic aid programs-and the implication was plain that Turkey could not expect to stay on the receiving end unless it uses the money wisely and well...