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...world Communism: the U.S. would tolerate no Communist move into any part of the Middle East, and would fight, if necessary, to prevent it. President Eisenhower intends to 1) request standby authority from the newly convened 85th Congress to send U.S. forces to help any Middle Eastern nation repel Communist attack, 2) draft a new program of economic aid for the Middle East to build up its stability and anti-Communist potential. Congress will almost certainly approve the Eisenhower plan, and probably by joint resolution-just as it approved, and thus strengthened, the President's 1955 decision to defend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: Momentous Warning | 1/7/1957 | See Source »

...sterling assets. In a speech to students training to fight for an Egyptian Suez, Nasser jeered at the expropriated company as "an instrument of imperialism . . . formed by a number of French counts and unemployed Englishmen," and shouted that if the British tried to return, "we know how to repel pirates." Hours later, calming down a little, the government ordered the British cotton loaded again, and Nasser announced in ringing statesman's tones:"We are as ever determined to honor all our international obligations. Freedom of navigation in the Suez Canal is not affected in any degree...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SUEZ: Angry Challenge & Response | 8/13/1956 | See Source »

...armaments are not the primary defense against Communism. The redefinition is a frank if belated acknowledgement that NATO can never hope to attain its original objective, to become a major deterrent force in Europe. It is a confession that NATO cannot be a military garrison which could contain and repel any sustained large-scale Soviet land attack Westward. No European army raised by the NATO countries within the limits of their economic and military capabilities could long stand up to an all-out Soviet march to the Channel...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NATO's New Look | 5/1/1956 | See Source »

...divisions by the planning date of 1957. After nearly a year of study, NAG came to a simple conclusion: Europe could not be defended with its present forces without the use of atomic weapons. With atomic weapons it could. But NATO powers would have to authorize their use to repel Communist assault whether or not the Communists used them first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATO: The Shield | 2/6/1956 | See Source »

...Negev villages. When trade union federation bosses voted to demand a 5% wage rise, Premier David Ben-Gurion delivered a slashing attack on them for blindness to the need for sacrifices. "The question is," he said, "shall we equip army, navy and air force to enable them to repel the enemy or shall we raise our standard of living?" The answer came from the trade union's own newspaper Davar: "The nation must gird itself for a regime of austerity, self-denial and sacrifice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISRAEL: The Hard Life | 1/30/1956 | See Source »

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