Word: ports
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...long as we hold it. We control it to the shores of Asia by a chain of islands, extending in an arc from the Aleutians to the Marianas, held by us and our free allies. From this island chain we can dominate with air power every Asiatic port from Vladivostok to Singapore, and prevent any hostile movement into the Pacific...
Since the Svalbard had the International Safety Certificate required by the 1929 Transoceanic Safety Treaty (Signed by both Norway and the U.S.), the failure of the Svalbard to clear port was a minor crisis...
...Called Friend. "At the end of the [Japanese] war, the United States did not ask of China any port, railway or mine concession whatsoever. The American troops simply said goodbye to us and returned to their homes in New York, Texas or wherever they might be. If that should be imperialism, I wish the Soviet Union would follow the example...
...Christian missionaries . . . During the same period, Russia obtained from China the northern bank of the Amur River and the eastern bank of the Ussuri River ... an area larger than that of France and Germany combined. This area is now held by the Soviet Union. [It] includes the port of Vladivostok...
...same maneuver was repeated toward the end of the 19th Century. Exploiting China's hatred of Japan, Russia obtained from China Port Arthur and Dairen and Manchurian railways. Russia, the friend of China, obtained more from China than Japan, the enemy...