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...addition to the letter with the 5000 signatures, the professors delivered a covering letter signed by the 22 scientists who initiated the movement in September. The covering letter asks the U.S. to sign the Geneva Protocol, which prohibits the use of gas and bacteriological warfare...
Indeed, except for those public appearances demanded by duty and protocol, Johnson has been almost invisible behind the gates of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. His comings and goings and those of his assistants and guests have been as secret as the combinations to the vaults of Fort Knox. Only the cheery hello from Russell Long, Senate Majority whip, as he emerged from the grounds, alerted reporters to the fact that there must have been (as, in fact, there was) a breakfast for the congressional leadership last week. Only the sharp eyes of a visitor told them, on another occasion, that Mike...
Warned About Weakness. The speech was very European in parts; Charles de Gaulle could appreciate that. After icy silence from the French and a few protocol snubs to put Wilson in his place, the atmosphere warmed when Wilson and Foreign Secretary George Brown came face to face with De Gaulle. Wilson did most of the talking; De Gaulle asked the questions. The topics were predictable: Commonwealth trade (Britain's old trading partners would have to be given some concessions if Britain entered the market) Europe's technological plight, East-West relationships...
Last year Yugoslavia underwent a series of events unprecedented under a Communist regime. Tito signed a protocol with the Vatican, purged-and then reprieved-his leading reactionary lieutenant, Aleksandar ("Marko") Ran-kovic, and released from 41 years in prison his archcritic, liberal Author Milovan Djilas. In the first such defiance in a Communist state, Slovenian party members bucked their boss, State President Janko Smole, over a planned austerity program, and forced his temporary resignation. The Yugoslav state security agency, UDBA, was cut back by 5,000 cops, and deprived of its power to interrogate suspects outside of court. Most important...
Anyone else who got stuck with a jalopy like that might figure it was a lemon, but State Department Chief of Protocol James Symington, 39, insists: "It's what I've always wanted." At his home in Washington's Wesley Heights, Symington took delivery on a snappy used "pedicab" he bought for $30 in Kuala Lumpur last October. "At first," he said, "I couldn't get the driver to believe I wanted to buy the thing from him-he thought I just wanted a ride." Thing is, just about everyone in Wesley Heights wants a ride...