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But it is also true, said McNamara, that "Soviet resources, industry and technology have given that country the potential to challenge the primacy of U.S. military power." The Russians are now pursuing that aim, he reported, mainly by making their nuclear striking forces harder for the U.S. to knock out...
A Suede Shoe Act. Politically, though a Daily Telegraph Gallup poll last week gave the Labor Party a record 13% lead over the Tories, the Common Market, and Macmillan's appeal to "work together," were the kind of things that traditionally rallied Britons behind their government. As if to...
After the Cuban crisis, when it became patently clear that there was a wide-open, undefended path through Canada for Soviet bombers, Canadian defense officials began secret nuclear negotiations with the U.S. Diefenbaker still hedged. Returning from a Nassau meeting with British Prime Minister Macmillan and President Kennedy, during which...
Was there really a deal? No. The two events have really no connection. The Khrushchev offer, while proof of his continued mellowing, is negligible; any test ban would depend on conditions virtually impossible to fulfill now. As for the removal of American missile installations from Turkey and Italy, its purpose...
Solid v Liquid. Months before Khrushchev suggested his Cuba-for-Turkey swap, the Joint Chiefs had begun considering the phase-out of bases in Turkey, Italy, and in England as well. The dismantling of the 60 Thor missiles in Britain is to begin this spring. More than compensating for their...