Word: macarthurs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Reminiscences, MacArthur...
...Reminiscences, MacArthur...
Just before flying back home from a three-week European tour, Congolese Premier Moise Tshombe reluctantly held still for conferences in Brussels with Belgian Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak and U.S. Ambassador Douglas MacArthur II. Embarrassed by the concerted howling of Arab and African leftists against the U.S.-Belgian paradrop on Stanleyville, Spaak and MacArthur pressured Tshombe to improve his reputation in Africa. They proposed that Tshombe: 1) "broaden" his Cabinet to include ministers, such as former Premier Cyrille Adoula, who might prove more acceptable to the African nationalists; 2) grant an amnesty to all rebel prisoners unstained...
...Reminiscences, MacArthur...
When the feud first broke out two years ago, President Kennedy appointed Gen. Douglas MacArthur as an arbitrator to try to settle the dispute in time for the Tokyo Olympics. The NCAA and the AAU declared a truce, but with the Olympics out of the way, war broke out again with the NCAA's memorandum...