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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Last week the President also: ¶Issued, with Mexico's visiting President Adolfo Lopez Mateos, a communique that reaffirmed Mexican-U.S. ideals, spent half an hour with Premier Abdallah Ibrahim of Morocco, presumably talking over Morocco's reluctance to renew the lease of key U.S. air bases. ¶Accepted with regret the resignation of Virginia's former Governor John S. Battle from the Civil Rights Commission, started the tough job of finding another Southerner to serve in Battle's place. ¶Nominated John D. Hickerson, able U.S. Ambassador to Finland since 1955, to succeed Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Hometown Birthday | 10/26/1959 | See Source »

...Gaulle is a big caid [chief], and I am a big caid. So let's get together." Abbas' aides denied that he had made the statement, but few doubted that the interview had taken place. And Paris was plainly getting the signal; in the National Assembly, Premier Michel Debre emphasized that the French offer of cease-fire talks still stood, added that rebel leaders would be guaranteed safe conduct home if discussions collapsed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Closer & Closer | 10/26/1959 | See Source »

Major Hubert Matos, a leader of the Castro Revolution, was imprisoned shortly after submitting a letter of resignation to Premier Fidel Castro. Matos charged that the revolution had not fulfilled its program, and further complained that the Communists had infiltrated the government...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cubra Libra? | 10/23/1959 | See Source »

...would appear that Castro's personal feelings have now become the main source of justice. Matos, his former disciple, has become disillusioned, and the Premier, insulted, has avenged himself in typical dictatorial fashion. This is strange justice indeed, and it seems to be becoming a fixture in the Castro regime...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cubra Libra? | 10/23/1959 | See Source »

...more than a change de language, as L'Express put it a month ago. The parliamentary vote of confidence last week reflected more expediency than conviction; the Deputies knew that the President could and would dissolve the Chamber if he met defeat. The so-called "Gaullists," right up to Premier Michel Debre, generally prefer continued strong prosecution of the war and eventual "integration...

Author: By Peter J. Rothenberg, | Title: Pipeline to Paris | 10/20/1959 | See Source »

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