Word: neutrality
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...performed a dramatic about-face. They accepted the principle of inspection and of a military "freeze" of existing forces. They proposed that: 1) neither side should introduce into Korea "any military forces, weapons and ammunition under any pretext during an armistice"; and 2) observation teams manned by nationals of "neutral" countries should inspect "ports of entry in the rear as mutually agreed upon...
Westchester-on-the-Rhine. Striking proof of Germany's resurgence is to be found in the university town of Bonn (pop. 124,000), on the banks of the Rhine 15 miles south of Cologne. It lies in the British zone, but like Washington, D.C., it is a neutral enclave, which West Germans have made their capital. In recognition of this, the U.S. is now moving out of its occupation headquarters in Frankfurt (in the unbombed I. G. Farben office building), to make its new GHQ in Bonn. This move is symbolic of Bonn's status as the newest...
...past form," wrote Gibbs, "Schumacher could be expected to play a ruthless opportunist game, trying to maintain a neutral Germany high on the international fence by the old device of blackmailing both sides. Schumacher is no Communist, but in the end he would be playing the Communist game by undoing schemes of West European cooperation...
...ambushed and killed. Same day the Communists sabotaged the Singapore train 20 miles from Kuala Lumpur, killed five passengers and injured 20. Aboard the train was the Yang di-Pertuan Besar, Malayan ruler of Negri Sembilan. Said His Highness: "It was a terrifying experience." Loyal Negri Sembilan Malays, hitherto neutral, began honing their parangs (long knives) for anti-Communist action. The planters, under a new British general, Sir Robert Lockhart, are punching hard at the Communists. British score (since Oct. 1): 131 Reds killed, 19 captured. But it is uphill work, against a crafty, concealed enemy. This week the influential...
...Belgium is a lay state which is benevolently neutral towards religion." The government gives financial subsidies to Roman Catholics, Protestants and Jews, but no attempt is made to control religious policy. Protestants in Belgium are generally "confident, happy and grateful to God and the Belgian government for the freedom which they enjoy to engage in worship and to propagate their faith...