Word: puppets
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Clear Intent. But what "lawful interests" of the West was Khrushchev ready to acknowledge? He has often asserted that the very presence in Berlin of U.S., British and French troops is illegal; East Germany's Red Puppet Walter Ulbricht, who would get control of Berlin's access routes after any peace treaty, has vowed to stop the exodus of refugees running out to West Germany and clamp down on the city's economy...
...Memories. Kennedy and Chen also disagreed on policy toward Outer Mongolia. Some U.S. policymakers favor recognition of the puppet state, on the ground that an embassy in remote Ulan Bator would prove a valuable listening post for picking up intelligence of the Communist world. They also favor a deal to admit Outer Mongolia to the U.N. in exchange for a Soviet agreement to admit Mauritania, on Morocco's southern border. This. they argue, would win gratitude for the U.S. among the new African nations. Chen warned the President that Nationalist China might veto the admission of Outer Mongolia...
...Dienbienphu. Suddenly the defeated French needed peace?and desperately reached for an "independent" who could rally the demoralized Vietnamese and perhaps salvage something out of the shambles. Diem already had moved down to Paris from Bruges, took a hotel room and began dickering with Bao Dai, the young puppet Emperor who was lolling on the Riviera. Finally Premier Joseph Laniel's government authorized Bao Dai to meet Diem's basic demand: independence for Viet...
...could not even depend on a loyal army, since his French-trained military chief. General Nguyen Van Hinh, was personally hostile and forever plotting to take over the reins of government himself. A private gang, the notorious Binh Xuyen, actually operated the national police, having bought the "concession" from Puppet Emperor Bao Dai for $1,000,000. On top of all this, two powerful quasi-religious sects, the Cao Dai and the Hoa Hao, controlled large parts of the countryside, opposing Diem's regime and enforcing their will with well-armed private armies of their...
...narrow dirt runway, the pencil-thin Negro poises disjointedly, like a puppet whose strings are loose. Then he prances forward, flapping his skinny arms and kicking his knees almost to his chest. Suddenly, his left foot slams savagely into the take-off board. His eyes bug, his face contorts, and his legs pedal furiously as he springs into trajectory. His left hand claws upward through the air as though searching for something...