Word: pact
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...debates preceding World War II. He feared U.S. involvement in war as leading to the mastery of the state over the man. Further than that, he saw no national necessity for the U.S. to enter the war. He opposed aid to Russia after the breaking of the Soviet-Nazi pact when Russia was being invaded. "The victory of Communism in the world would be far more dangerous to the U.S. than the victory of fascism," he said then. "It is a greater danger to the U.S. because it is a false philosophy which appeals to many. Fascism is a false...
...Socialists (75 seats), De Gasperi had his longest talk. The two spoke with the intimate second-person "tu" a reminder of the days they spent together as wartime anti-Fascist refugees in the Vatican. Of course, said Nenni, he did not expect De Gasperi to denounce the North Atlantic pact, but was it necessary to show such "excessive zeal" in promoting it? De Gasperi asked if Nenni's Socialists are really as independent of Togliatti's Reds as they profess. Replied Nenni frankly: if the Communists were to take power in Italy, the Socialists would "regard it serenely...
...substance of agreement was hidden under an amiable flow of words. Apparently this was done to save Rhee's face, i.e., to screen the manifest fact that he had been backed down. Excerpts: "Our two governments are in agreement in respect to entering into a mutual defense pact, negotiations for which are under way. We have likewise discussed collaboration along political, economic and defense lines, and our conversations have disclosed a wide area of agreement concerning these matters. In particular, we wish to emphasize our determination to work together for the realization ... of our common objective, namely a free...
...armistice now or in the post-armistice period." It is understood that Rhee will take no action of his own for approximately six months-that is, until three months after the start of the political conference. In return, the U.S. promised South Korea substantial economic aid. and a security pact (with the explicit understanding that it requires Senate consent) to go to Rhee's aid if the Communists start something...
While the young kings appeared before cheering crowds together, their Premiers were hard at work, hammering out the principles of a new economic pact. Afterward, officials said that they had reached "full agreement" on all the major financial, economic and trade problems they discussed. Visas might be abolished, customs barriers might come down...