Word: pueblos
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...characteristically kept his criticism within diplomatic bounds-and has kept the President's friendship as well. Despite their differences, Johnson often quietly called on his former Under Secretary of State for counsel, and only recently Ball drafted a secret policy paper for the President on the Pueblo seizure...
...warriors, aflap with American flags and buttons that read "Kill a Commie for Christ," lashed into a crowd of peace marchers, crying "Queers! Creeps! You Commie bastards!" One little old lady particularly incensed them with a sign reading TRADE DEAN RUSK FOR THE PUEBLO. Police quickly broke up the melee, and Mayor John Lindsay added: "This country is big enough to draw a distinction between a wrongful Government policy and respect for those men being killed...
...agreeing to a site for peace negotiations. In Pittsburgh, he suggested that Secretary of State Dean Rusk be dismissed as a "symbolic" gesture, and in Philadelphia, though he later hedged the idea, he proposed that the U.S. pay ransom to North Korea for the return of the U.S.S. Pueblo's crew...
...commando force for sabotage and guerrilla warfare missions over the border. It has launched 321 raids in the past year, a 600% increase over the year before. One such mission was designed to assassinate Park, but it failed (TIME, Feb. 2); not long after, the U.S.S. Pueblo was hijacked. The South does not expect a full-scale invasion, but it believes that the current raids are part of a gathering spring offensive that is aimed at undermining South Korean confidence and morale...
...recites the North Korean propaganda line that the U.S. must admit its transgressions, apologize and promise to sin no more. They also ask the recipients to organize support to bring pressure to bear on the Government for an apology. Many of the letter writers, including Commander Lloyd Bucher, the Pueblo's skipper, mention the fact that they have confessed their own wrongdoings against North Korea and have so far been spared any punishment...