Word: pact
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Syria might become a Russian satellite, but she was not one yet. The difference lies in the fact that Russia has no common border with Syria; between them sits Turkey, most powerful and best-armed nation in the Middle East, as well as Turkey's Baghdad Pact neighbors of Iraq and Iran. The London Times described the situation as Russia's "political parachute drop." The Russians have not marched into Syria; they were invited...
...proposals for aerial zones of inspection (TIME, Aug. 12). But. after complaining that the Dulles proposal failed to include all U.S. bases in Asia and Africa, Zorin returned to two of the most tired themes of Soviet propaganda: if there is to be disarmament, all NATO and Communist Warsaw Pact troops must be withdrawn from foreign soil in Europe, and all foreign military bases must be liquidated. He reiterated the Soviet insistence on a quick three-stage reduction of armed forces...
...preview of the presidential elections set for next Feb. 23, last week's results proved little. If Frondizi could work out a pact with the Peronistas and still hold onto his present following, he would win-but Perón has scorned Frondizi's overtures and shows no sign of warming up. The People's Radicals might well follow up last week's victory-if they can find a candidate capable of uniting the party-by pulling in the Frondizi backers, who were demoralized by his small vote in the Assembly election. The current front runner...
...Premier. In office, Suhrawardy quickly shed his Nehru neutralism and his old Indian sympathies; instead, he supported Pakistan's membership in the U.S.-sponsored Southeast Asia Treaty Organization and the British-sponsored .Baghdad Pact, won the plaudits of Moslem Firsters when the U.N. made its strongest-yet condemnation of Nehru on Kashmir. In the touchy situation after Suez, he spoke up firmly to doubting Moslems on behalf of the Eisenhower Doctrine...
...personal fact-finding tour to determine what should be done. After the failure of last fall's invasion of Egypt, he concluded, Britain no longer has a specific individual role to play in the lands bordering the eastern Mediterranean (Friend Iraq would be defended by the Baghdad Pact as a whole). "The emphasis has shifted south of the Suez Canal to the Arabian peninsula area," declared Sandys. The oil-rich Persian Gulf sheikdoms, including Kuwait, remain Britain's special concern and might have to be defended by Britain alone, especially against local disturbances. This meant that Cyprus, lying...