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This failure was less serious than it might seem. The U.S. public, for all it cheered visiting Russians and enjoyed relaxation, knows the anti-Communist lesson thoroughly and is not likely to revert to indifference. There is, for instance, no clamor to reduce the military strength of the U.S. until the Communists make self-executing agreements on disarmament. There is still general agreement that the Red retreat has been brought about by 1) the military power of the West; 2) the growing political order and stability of the free world; and 3) the amazing U.S. economic record of success...
...what might happen to the Turkish minority (about 100,000) if Cyprus came under Greek rule. Last week Turkey's Prime Minister Adnan Menderes promised them protection, and Minister of State Fatin Rustu Zorlu declared, "If there is to be any change . . . sovereignty over the island should revert to Turkey...
...ultimate objective remains the same as always-to set up a universal Communist dictatorship run from Moscow. She thinks she can make better progress by concealing her bloodstained bludgeon under a pile of olive branches and trying the more subtle art of poison. By lulling the West she can revert to her early plot to gain control of the world by infiltration, through her fifth columns and similar subversive agents trained in Moscow...
...peaceful co-existence [Britain] will be of dwindling value in the eyes of our American friends, who will also very quickly revert to their traditional distrust of colonial empires. Moreover, our economy has been more disturbed than any other by rearmament, and our trade more damaged by strategic embargoes. Both will need drastic reorganization if peace has indeed broken out. In brief, the economic and political independence which we forfeited as a result of the cold war is likely to be forced upon us very soon. In an era of American-Russian understanding, we shall have to fend for ourselves...
...theoretical advantages of a four-year term have demonstrated themselves in practice. In the past twelve years five states have adopted four year terms for the governor, while none of the twenty-eight with quadrennial elections has chosen to revert to two year tenure. Voters in Massachusetts also should provide their Governor and state officials next year with the temporary insulation from politics that will enable them to work more efficiently...