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...neighboring kingdom of Cambodia and to a lesser extent even in Diem's own homeland of South Viet Nam, neutralism and anti-Americanism have shown a marked and steady increase during the past 18 months. Bangkok diplomats just smiled when Thai Premier Pibulsonggram, one of the shrewdest politicians in Southeast Asia, observed blandly of Diem's visit: "Politics won't be discussed. This is a state visit." The fact is that, though Pibulsonggram's public statements are often almost embarrassingly pro-American, he and two of his closest political cronies either own or control...
...chief delegates: tall, aristocratic Alhaji Ahmadu, the Islamic and potent Sardauna of Sokoto, an Arabian Nights figure in a billowing green turban and red velvet robe, whose Moslem Hausas consider the pagans of the South no better than savages; boyish, chubby-faced Yoruba Chieftain Obafemi Awolowo, one of the shrewdest political minds in Africa and an ardent champion of regional self-government for his own people; scholarly and ambitious Dr. Nnamdi ("Zik") Azikiwe, the rich and demagogic U.S.-educated favorite of some 3,000,000 Ibo tribesmen in the East; and last but far from least, the Moslem commoner Abubakar...
Needed: a Dock. To get the carrier contract. Wolfson underbid Newport News Shipbuilding, which has built two of the ships, thus acquired experience which enabled it to bid about 6% lower on the second job than on the first. It is, moreover, traditionally the industry's shrewdest bidder. Nevertheless, Wolfson underbid Newport News by $6,000,000-$7,000,000. At that price, experts estimate, Wolfson will lose money. In addition, Wolfson's firm must now invest an estimated $8 million to $10 million in a graving dock just to begin building the sea giant...
...Young Bill") White in the Emporia Gazette: "What Mr. Stauffer has purchased is a dead horse of fantastic proportions, and his bill of sale has bought him largely the right to use his brains and energy to try to revive it. Mr. Stauffer, however, is one of the shrewdest businessmen in Kansas. He has never yet bit off anything without knowing clearly in advance exactly how it should be chewed...
This statement is perhaps one of the President's shrewdest moves since his election--leading people to wonder just how much of a politician the innocent General has become--but it holds out hope to the South that it is morally right and leads it to believe that the whole matter is, after all, one of political caginess...