Word: koreas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...said that the venture is "in line with our long-cherished strategy to obtain a production outpost in the U.S." He wants to sell steel to the Japanese automakers that are building assembly lines in America, but Kanao feared that Washington might raise protectionist barriers. Imports from Japan, South Korea, Mexico and other countries have captured about 25% of the American steel market, and U.S. companies are pressuring Congress to limit the foreign share...
...they received an eight-paragraph "management memo" directly from the chairman and signed simply "Steve." Once they started reading, surprise turned to shock. "Over the weekend," began the memo, "you have probably read or heard news-media reports of allegations that a consultant may have made improper payments in Korea. These allegations are very serious since they attack our most valuable asset-Bechtel's hard-earned reputation for honesty, integrity and high business ethics...
...package of legislative proposals. One would create a "blab" fund offering rewards of as much as $500,000 to informers who finger conspiring terrorists. Shultz is especially incensed at what he calls "state-sponsored terrorism," and has accused four nations of practicing it: Libya, Iran, Syria and North Korea. He thinks the U.S. and its allies should regard such conduct as "a form of warfare" and respond accordingly. The State Department recently warned six East bloc nations that they cannot hope for improved relations with the U.S. if they continue to provide support to "international" terrorist groups...
...agreement on other topics. Many aspects of China's foreign policy coincide with U.S. interests; Washington, for example, approves of Chinese efforts to restrain Viet Nam in Kampuchea and to build stronger ties with Japan. U.S. officials are also heartened by China's attempts to begin talking to South Korea. Says a State Department aide: "They know a new Korean war would be a major disaster for them and for us." Most important, the U.S. and China remain equally suspicious of the Soviet Union. Although Peking and Moscow resumed low-level talks last year, the Chinese remain opposed...
From Italy, Clark went to occupied Austria as Allied High Commissioner and learned there that the only argument the Soviets respected was force. He faced even more obdurate Communists in Korea, where he became Far East commander in 1952 and had to negotiate "an armistice without victory." He retired in 1953 and until 1965 commanded the Citadel, the historic private military college in Charleston, S.C., where he was buried...