Word: nuclearization
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cried foul at Russia's takeover of the Budapest conference two weeks ago and ordered his delegation home. In Sofia, he had further grievances to air, starting with the nu clear nonproliferation treaty now being negotiated in Geneva; the Rumanians think that any treaty should curb stockpiling among nuclear haves and provide tight protection for have-nots like themselves. Also, as the. only Communist there on friendly terms with West Germany and Israel, Ceausescu gave notice that he would not join in the usual attacks on them. As for the Warsaw Treaty itself, Rumania would like...
Died. General Charles Ailleret, 61, France's top soldier, chairman of the Chiefs of Staff and builder of his country's nuclear force de frappe; when his military DC-6 crashed on takeoff from the Indian Ocean island of Réunion, killing 19 aboard, including his wife and daughter. Placed in charge of developing a French Abomb, Ailleret orchestrated the project that succeeded in detonating a low-yield plutonium device in the Sahara in 1960; as Chief of Staff, he planned the "all azimuths" strategy, in which France seeks the ability to deliver nuclear weapons...
...poll's two questions on Vietnam deal with the course of the war and the bombing of North Vietnam. Choices range from "immediate withwdrawal" to "all out military effort" and from "permanent cessation of the bombing" to "use of nuclear weapons...
...advent of nuclear weapons has also minimized the importance of vast and cumbersome reserve armies, and the accompanying huge corps of reserve officers. At the same time, America's lonely policy of world-wide containment of Communism requires the maintenance of large active forces which can be quickly deployed in any part of the globe...
...urgently appeal to the world community, through the United Nations, to condemn, in view of their devastating effects on our people, the use of chemical warfare, napalm, and anti-personnel bombs. Finally, to prevent the ultimate crime against mankind, we ask the General Assembly to forbid the use of nuclear weapons by any party in this conflict...