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...Knows All." Ostensibly, Bowles was off to attend a series of regional State Department conferences in Nigeria, Cyprus and India, with a couple of side visits to see Yugoslavia's Tito and Burma's Premier U Nu. At each stop he briefed local public officials and newsmen on U.S. determination in Berlin and about the U.S. switch from massive retaliation to what he called flexible defense...
Almost before he became acclimated, Johns had his first cutup to cut out: Sigma Nu fraternity brawlers drunkenly smashed furniture during a lost weekend at the Roney Plaza Hotel. He put the fraternity on probation for a year. Other Johns edicts on the way may revolutionize life at Miami even further: classes will run until 6 p.m., eliminating afternoon ocean dips; telephones in girls' dorms will be disconnected at 10:30 p.m.; plans for all social functions will be subject to stiff prior approval; driving across the sprawling campus between classes will be stopped and the use of cars...
...Nu of Burma, the Buddhist apostle of tolerance, good works and mutual trust on the national and international level...
Investigating, U.S. military attaches found the boxes labeled, as claimed, with the clasped-hands symbol but reported that the weapons were mostly non-U.S. At a press conference in Rangoon, Burmese Premier U Nu would not relent. "Where do the arms come from? From Formosa," he declared. "Where does Formosa get her arms? From the U.S. Only one word from America will stop Formosa from supplying arms to the Kuomintang...
Burma was reportedly offered more than the $85 million, but kept the size of the loan within limits, largely because U Nu could not be certain that Peking would deliver even what was promised. Aid is made contingent upon "the capabilities of the government of the People's Republic of China." If the Communists' promises cannot be fulfilled, the agreement "may be extended by mutual consultation...