Word: naval
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Naval Blockade. "It must be realized that a naval blockade is actually, and can be taken certainly as, an act of war; and in the opinion of the Joint Chiefs the naval blockade would not be effective unless it was a United Nations blockade and not just a United States blockade...
...seems far from ready for the logical next step: a naval blockade. Douglas MacArthur had proposed it. George Marshall had shied from a unilateral U.S. blockade, chiefly because it would involve the halting of Russian and other foreign ships. Some Administration supporters are now veering toward the idea. Last week Senator Paul Douglas, after welcoming the U.N. embargo (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS), added: "It may well be we should go further and institute, a joint blockade...
Byrne, one of the most consistently Byrne, defensemen for the past two seasons, played lacrosse in the Long Island high school circuit and moved onto the first defense as a freshman. The 21-year-old junior is a member of the Naval Reserve and may possibly be activated before next season opens...
...partly effective; Britain, the Commonwealth nations and many other nations except the U.S. will continue to sell China "non-strategic" goods which will help China's economy and therefore its war machine. The only possible remedy, which the U.S. is not yet willing to resort to: a U.S. naval blockade of the Chinese coast...
...diplomacy, she says, helped the Communists mightily with two blows: 1) the Yalta secret deal (1945) whereby President Roosevelt agreed to Russian rights in Manchuria (naval base at Port Arthur, use of Dairen harbor, operating controls over railways); and 2) the Marshall Mission (1946) in which General Marshall tried to force the National Government into a coalition with the Communists (see THE MACARTHUR HEARING...