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...regime must be political rather than military. In such a contest he obviously needs a revitalized, rejuvenated party, one that not only presents an attractive image abroad but that can also bridge the gap between the 2,000,000 mainlanders on the island and the 11 million native Taiwanese...
Would the Pakistanis really revolt against the army? "Is it possible for the army to kill 125 million Pakistanis?" counters Bhashani angrily. "Have the North Vietnamese quit fighting? We are Southeast Asians like them. When the flame of discontent is lit, the people will stop at nothing...
Living Saint. Bhashani's rhetoric, of course, outruns the facts. So far, Pakistanis have shown no desire to take on the troops, and Bhashani's own following is limited mainly to peasants in the East. But there are a formidable 30 million to 40 million country folk who revere him as a living saint. During the past 60 years, he has built up his following by siding with the impoverished peasants, first against the British raj and later against the rich absentee landlords. Living and dressing simply, he walks from village to village, dispensing a pastiche of religion...
...before the deadline, President Nixon decided that an IPC appeal pending before Peru's Ministry of Energy and Mines represented "appropriate action" under terms of the Hickenlooper Amendment (TIME, April 11). The President therefore postponed application of the amendment's penalties, which would have meant a $79 million annual loss to Peru in aid and preferential sugar purchases...
...this would be pointless, since the government's Empresa Petrolera Fiscal is operating IPC's Talara refinery with Mexican assistance, and is ripping down Esso gas-station signs in favor of its own brand name Petroperu. Nor does the Nixon Administration quibble with the reimbursement-at $71 million-that Peru is willing to pay. But the U.S. firmly opposes the blue-sky figure of $690 million that Velasco insists is owed Peru for 44 years of oil theft, and against which he is determined to apply whatever reimbursement IPC is finally allowed. Says Lawyer John N. Irwin...