Word: nato
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Dulles laid down his proposal cautiously in a speech prepared for delivery to the members of the Associated Press meeting in Manhattan. But it was clear from the care with which he chose his words that he was tossing out an idea for a possible close economic association of NATO members, an idea that would be discussed in detail at a meeting of the NATO Council next month...
Touchy Issue. Israel, Algeria, Formosa, Indo-China, Indonesia, Kashmir, Cyprus and the whole NATO area are serious tension points, said Stevenson. "Today in the great arc from North Africa through Southeast Asia, the Russian challenge is developing rapidly and with great flexibility and force. Everywhere, people seeking a short cut to raise their own standards of life are told that the Soviet Union alone has mastered the secret of converting a peasant economy into a modern industrial state in a single generation. In the meantime we, whose position is fundamentally decent and honorable, have so mismanaged ourselves of late that...
...Minister of Foreign Affairs, for a social call on the President and Mrs. Eisenhower. Artajo and aides were homeward bound from a week of inconclusive but encouraging exploration at the State Department on such topics as increased military and economic aid and U.S. sponsorship of Spanish membership in NATO...
...Iceland, nor can it afford to threaten the nation with any "agonizing reappraisal." A State Department mission should be sent to Iceland to talk to political leaders and attempt to pacify their grievances. Troops and workers for the base could be taught to get along better with the people. NATO economists should be sent to Iceland to attempt to alleviate inflation and employment difficulties there. In addition, the United States should increase its "cultural warfare" operations in Iceland. Currently, Russian tactics of sending professors, books and movies to Iceland are reaping valuable results for the Soviets...
...more forceful action by NATO could rebound unfavorably for the West. Certainly, the United States should not threaten or criticize Iceland prematurely. If, after the June election, leftist elements grow in strength, that will be the time to tighten the screws. Until then, an increase in cultural understanding and economic assistance in solving Iceland's internal problems are the best ways to prevent a still remote danger from becoming a reality...