Word: pacts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...settled an old dispute over offshore oil rights in the Persian Gulf. The oil-rich gulf, in fact, is doubtless one key element in all the royal rambling, for with Britain considering withdrawal from its bases at Bahrein and Aden, an informal understanding today could become a formal pact tomorrow if leftists try to push the Nasserite cause in the region...
...little progress on their custody dispute over the Kuril Islands of Etorofu and Kunashiri north of the Japanese mainland, which were occupied by the Soviet after World War II. But that did not stand in the way of other business, including the signing of a fiveyear, $2 billion trade pact, agreement on the first direct commercial air service between Moscow and Tokyo, and discussion of a possible Moscow trip for Japanese Premier Eisaku Sato next spring. All of which, Peking complained, "grew out of the new Soviet leadership's line to gang up on People's China with...
Shastri had been in Tashkent since Jan. 2 at the invitation of Soviet Premier Alexel N. Kosygin to discuss peace between India and Pakistan. Although the pact signed yesterday did not settle the main issue, possession of Pakistan, Shastri and Ayub agreed to start withdrawing troops from each others' soil and to work for peace...
There is no reason to think that Shastri's death will affect the validity of the peace pact signed yesterday, according to Galbraith. He called the pact "an important first step," adding, "Anybody who has been close to the problem knows how difficult it is to arrive at a solution." Galbraith worked on India-Pakistani negotiations for several months...
...Japanese, who have been avidly seeking to rewrite their air treaty with the U.S., greeted the pact as a welcome oseibo (year-end gift). Tapping New York, said JAL President Shizuma Matsuo, "means the greatest aviation right in the world." In return, Japan gave up its unused rights to fly to Seattle and to carry West Coast passengers and cargo to Central and South America, will allow U.S. airlines to serve Osaka, Japan's second largest city and the site for the 1970 World's Fair. Japan also agreed to drop its recent restriction on U.S. all-cargo...