Word: reprisalsâ
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...commandos under General Westmoreland's command staged an amphibious raid on the North Vietnamese islands of Hon Me and Hon Ngu in the Gulf of Tonkin. Apparently [the North Vietnamese boats that attacked the Maddox] had mistaken Maddox for a South Vietnamese escort vessel." The rapidity of U.S. air reprisals???within twelve hours of Washington's receipt of the news?argued that the U.S. had been positioned to strike as soon as attacked...
...Imperial Conference at London to speak at Llandudno last week, won a vote of confidence on government policy. His speech was amazing. In some passages Mr. MacDonald flayed the very notion of putting a tariff wall around the Empire, called all tariffs "quack remedies"; but soon he was threatening reprisals???apparently tariff reprisals ?against nations which should raise their tariffs against Empire goods...
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