Word: southeasterly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...years ago, former Secretary of State Alexander Haig publicly accused the Soviet Union of conducting chemical warfare by proxy in Afghanistan and Southeast Asia. According to the State Department, the Soviet Union was manufacturing substances with the highly toxic chemical tricothecene mycotoxin and selling it to its allies for use against "resistance fighters" in those areas of the world. In addition, the U.S. government has reports from members of the Hmong tribe in Laos who claim to have seen this chemical dropped in the form of "yellow rain" from airplanes. If these charges are correct, the Soviet Union would...
Crimson: Does the U.S. State Department, have sufficient proof, either scientifically or from sources in Southeast Asia, to prove the existence of yellow rain...
...effects on Vietnam and the United States. Marked by a no-frills production, the footage and interviews speak for themselves. By presenting both old and new images, thoughts and perspectives, the film provides a detailed and provocative, and yet somehow ambiguous, treatment of what happened in Southeast Asia...
...PRODUCTION OF the series is a story in itself; producers attended six weeks of "Vietnam School," including seminars taught by Southeast Asia scholars, seasoned correspondents and other specialists. While the producers hired more than 60 consultants over the course of the project; researchers scoured over 70 film archives around the world collecting rare material from such places as the Hanoi Documentary Studios, the U.S. Army and the United Nations...
...ever seen. She imports nearly 100 percent of her energy and raw materials and over half of her food. A simply staggering amount of Persian Gulf oil flows to Japan, and it travels a long way through several easily-attacked points, Considering the volatility of the Middle East and Southeast Asia, the growing strength of the Soviet navy in these areas, and Japan's value to us both as an ally and a friend, could the U.S. defend these far-flung supply routes in the event of crisis and still honor its responsibilities elsewhere? It is this concept of "stretched...