Word: koreans
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...idea of a Korean, or a Malayan, degree of involvement in South Viet Nam is unpalatable to most Americans. But it is not unthinkable, if only because it may be necessary to meet the basic U.S. commitment. One of the Johnson Administration's major problems has been the average American's notion that the war in South Viet Nam is little more than a skirmish between opposing Asians. President Johnson is in the process of dispelling that notion by sending more and more American men to do more and more fighting there. Such deepening involvement calls for results...
...effect-user taxes (gasoline, airline tickets), regulatory (opium, betting, machine guns), sumptuary (alcohol, tobacco), and selective, or so-called luxury-only the luxury tax would be affected. Said he: "The excise taxes which this bill repeals were initially levied as emergency revenue-raising measures at the time of the Korean War, World War II, or at the time of the Depression of the 1930s. As a result, they represent a hodgepodge of taxes not developed on any systematic basis...
...well-trained troops, and last week the U.S. and its allies were quietly preparing such a force. A token group of Australian infantrymen last week took station at Bienhoa airbase-part of a joint 1,000-man Australian-New Zealand contribu tion to the war effort. Two thousand South Koreans are already in Viet Nam, and Seoul still echoes with rumors of another 15,000-man South Korean combat force being readied for Viet Nam service...
...Presidents strolled around the White House grounds in company with Him, the Beagle, Blanco, the collie, and Korean and American reporters. Johnson even let Park hold the leashes. There was a glittering state dinner with appropriate toasts and music for both listening and dancing. Johnson danced briefly with the daintily pretty Mrs. Park...
...unusually long and detailed joint communique that gave Park some help with his political and economic problems at home. It promised South Korea new development loans of $150 million, even if it gets separate aid from Japan. It disclosed agreement in principle on a pact that will give Korean courts some jurisdiction over American servicemen and American civilians employed by the military. And it reminded the world that the two Presidents had in common the burning desire to defeat Communist aggression and see Asia prosper...