Word: non-communist
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...threatened to sign a peace treaty and let the German Democratic Republic take over its own affairs (including control of the West's presence in, and access to, Berlin). The current mood in Moscow is to give Ulbricht his treaty this fall. So far, virtually no important non-Communist nation has recognized the G.D.R. diplomatically, but Ulbricht is working feverishly for what he considers East Germany's due reward. "We are strong," he cries. "The world one day must deal with...
...Berlin crisis, President Kennedy last week asked the Congress and the nation to strengthen, beyond doubt, the already powerful U.S. military machine. At the same time, Administration strategists sought to seize the diplomatic initiative, in an all-out effort to preserve-beyond doubt-the freedom of the non-Communist world...
...such a scale demands a vast, faceless army of snoopers: technicians, "planters," linguists, analysts. State Department security men estimate that, to cover the offices, homes and cars of one medium-sized (30-man) Western mission in a Communist city, up to 300 fulltime eavesdroppers are needed. Moscow has 49 non-Communist embassies...
...some $50 million in the long-term Helmand Valley irrigation project, where results will come more slowly but ultimately will be of more value to Afghanistan's economy. The U.S. has 355 technicians working in Afghanistan, while the Russians have some 2,000-their largest force in any non-Communist country...
...deterrence clearly belongs to two solid-fuel missiles: the Navy's submarine-carried Polaris, and the Air Force's Minuteman, which can be fired from concrete "silos" buried in the ground, eventually will also be carried on special trains roaming at random through the U.S. and perhaps non-Communist Europe. Kennedy's bill will spend $1.8 billion to double the yearly production of Polaris subs from five to ten, put 29 into the water by 1964, instead of by 1967 as scheduled by Eisenhower. In all, the present bill will buy 60 Minuteman and 160 Polaris missiles...