Word: mao
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...have been compared to Fidel Castro, to Nasser and many others. One should be careful in drawing such analogies. We mean to undertake a specific experiment in Algeria. There is the socialism of Mao Tse-tung and the socialism of [moderate former French Premier] Guy Mollet. For us. socialism means the liquidation of privileges." But, said Ben Bella, there would still be a "place for a free, capitalist economy. We do not intend to nationalize." And in his most important promise. Ben Bella vowed to maintain Algeria's ties to France, as specified in the Evian agreements. "The French...
...Devices. The Viet Cong regular swears to a ten-point soldier's oath stressing instant obedience, dogged courage, and a complete willingness to sacrifice his life for the Communist cause. From experience, and from the manuals of Red China's Mao Tse-tung and North Viet Nam's crafty General Giap, the Viet Cong learns the tactics of speed, surprise and security. Says General Harkins: "They are a hard, tough bunch. I don't think their leaders care how long it takes, but they want to take over the world. They are resourceful...
...rabble-rousing labor leader, Brazil's João ("Jango") Goulart never hesitated to make political time with anticapitalist proclamations. "My only commitments are to the proletariat," he once said. As an opportunistic Vice President under Jânio Quadros, he toured Red China, heaping praise on Mao Tse-tung's regime as "an example that shows how people can emancipate themselves from the yoke of their exploiters." Last week Goulart, now Pres ident of Latin America's biggest and most important nation, arrived in Washington for a seven-day visit...
Under current treaty arrangements, the U.S. has virtual veto power over the use of force by the Nationalists. But in Washington there was scant support for an invasion. Although State Department experts agreed that severe economic troubles have greatly weakened Mao's regime, most were skeptical that any commando raids by Chiang would touch off a general revolt. The U.S. also could not believe that Khrushchev would sit back and watch the Chinese Communists fall, whatever his disagreements with his rival in Peking. Still, the question of support for the Nationalists was not easily dismissed...
Shattered Illusion. China's push into the Himalayas is of great importance in Asia; at stake is India's prestige, indeed its political security, for no one doubts that the reason for Mao Tse-tung's mountain grabbing is to open the route for further southern penetration...