Word: neutralist
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...agreement was said to have been made without the approval of Prince Souvanna Phouma, the nominally neutralist premier of Laos, Diplomats in Vientiane believe, the Star reported, that Souvanna Phouma would probably be forced to resign in the event of an Allied invasion of his country...
Consider Laos. It is no secret any longer that the U.S. is today deeply involved in an undeclared war there, allied with the supposedly neutralist government of Prince Souvanna Phouma against the North Vietnamese and the Pathet Lao. Yet only after Senator Stuart Symington's Foreign Relations Subcommittee looked into the matter, against the wishes of the State Department, did the American public learn in detail how U.S. aircraft based in Thailand were bombing northern Laos, the CIA was guiding the operations of Meo tribesmen, and the U.S. was providing millions in military assistance to Souvanna Phouma-all clear...
This retreat for hunted guerrillas is managed by Mlle. Kempeth Pholsens, an anti-French graduate of Moscow University, daughter of Quinim Pholsena, the Laotian Minister of Foreign Affairs and neutralist leader who was assassinated in Vientiane in April 1963. Life here is very simple. On a rocky platform which forms the entrance to the cave, a washbasin has been set, a dangerous place for anyone to stick his nose out too far-at times it is impossible to finish shaving because of the jets from Thailand prowling about. The, one lies flat on the floor of the cave, his only...
...strong anti-war movement in the United States does remove whatever incentive to "negotiate" the continued American presence might hold for the Vietnamese. Any doubt on this score was removed last week when spokesmen for the North Vietnamese and the new Provisional Revolutionary Government (a coalition of Communist and neutralist groups) publicly saluted the Moratorium and the anti-war initiatives of American politicians such as Charles Goodell of New York...
...want the German company making deals alone with the Soviets. By organizing a West European consortium, Bonn wants to emphasize to the Soviets that its own economy is completely interwoven with that of the European Economic Community and thus discourage possible Soviet notions about luring West Germany into a neutralist position with economic deals. Also, by bringing in other European firms, the West Germans hope to reduce the offense to Washington, which had applied pressure on Henry Ford II to turn down a similar Soviet offer...