Word: missions
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Scapegoats. In fact, Chafee's decision represented a deft solution to the Pentagon's thorny predicament. Chafee stated that he was making "no judgment regarding the guilt or innocence" of any of those connected with the spy ship's capture. He added that since the mission was based on the premise that North Korea would not violate the principle of freedom of the high seas, and since the assumption was made at all levels of command, that all had to share the consequences. In fact, the board of inquiry had proposed that the two officers senior...
...target of Soviet intelligence, West Germany has been defended by its own security units, plus a dozen or so U.S., British and French agencies. When not trailing Soviet agents, these allied units sometimes practice on each other. In West Berlin, for example, the only phone line between the U.S. mission and the Soviet embassy in East Berlin goes through a British switchboard. Says a U.S. official: "We assume that the British are listening in on the line as well as the East Germans. If the situation were reversed, I'm sure we'd be listening too." Though...
...military interviewers concluded that soldiers are able to follow the Spartan requirements of combat almost exactly, putting buddies and mission ahead of self. Though the sensible course would be to stop or retreat, wounded men under fire are most likely to respond to the needs of the fellow next to them. Their first reaction when they regain consciousness is most often to ask about their unit: "How many Charlie did we kill? Did we take the hill...
...Medical School committee that is directing the development of the 1100-unit Mission Hill housing project decided last night to add representatives of five community organizations to the committee as full voting members...
...five community organizations that will be invited to join the committee are the Mission United Neighborhood Improvement Team, the Parker Hill-Fenway Area Planning Action Council, the Board of the Roxbury Comprehensive Community Health Center, the Jamaica Plain Area Wide Health Committee, and the Health and Welfare Committee of the Model Cities Board. They have not yet been officially notified of the the committee's decision...