Word: mediterranean
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Turkey and Greece, newly admitted last February to NATO's forces, refused point-blank to take orders from an Italian. The Greeks still resent Italy's jackal invasion of their land in 1940; the sturdy Turks just do not admire Italian soldiering. Britain's Mediterranean fleet, under the command of Vice Admiral Earl Mountbatten, proved equally stuffy about taking orders from Carney himself. It remained proudly aloof from the whole European command setup...
Last week Ridgway's headquarters solved the Mediterranean land-force muddle by splitting the land command in two: one force (Allied Land Forces Southern Europe) to be commanded by the Italian; the other (Allied Land Forces Southeastern Europe) to be commanded by an American (possible choice: Admiral Carney's able chief of staff, Paratroop Major General James Gavin). Still bobbing becalmed in a command vacuum, however, are Mountbatten's British warships. The U.S. argues that it has more ships in the Mediterranean and more knowledge of carrier tactics; the British say that the Mediterranean has traditionally been...
Britain's great sea pride seems to be fighting a losing battle against U.S. demands. "Mark Antony was beaten on the Nile when his attention was divided," warned the Manchester Guardian. "Britain ought to give way, even if that does mean placing the Mediterranean fleet under an American...
...Gulf ports plus transportation charges to where it is sold. The price of Middle Eastern oil, when sold in Europe, the FTC reportedly charged, is a Gulf-plus price, even though it is cheaper to produce than U.S. oil. Last year U.S. Navy vessels refueling in Mediterranean ports had the same complaint. Last week Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Willard L. Thorp told a congressional committee that world oil prices are fixed to correspond to the basing point system of U.S. prices...
Banquet the British. Leeming's first-and last-action as a belligerent in World War II was to throw ?250,000 (then about $1,000,000) into the Mediterranean Sea one day in 1940. A few moments later, the R.A.F. payroll plane in which he was a passenger crashed in Sicily, and Leeming was made prisoner along with the late Air Marshal Owen Tudor Boyd...