Word: sovereignity
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Lawyer's Stand. Calm, bulky and phlegmatic, Lawyer Dulles took the position that Egypt as a sovereign nation had a legal right to nationalize the Canal Company-an Egyptian entity which he likened to a public utility with a government charter-so long as Egypt paid due compensation. But he also held that Nasser, in seizing the canal itself, had violated solemn treaties.* In the end, the Big Three duly called a conference of 24 nations "deeply concerned with use of the canal"* to meet in London Aug. 16. At Dulles' insistence, those invited included not only Egypt...
Speaking on "The New India", Kuppuswamy described that country's rapid development since 1950, when she became a sovereign republic. He reported that the nation is now in the second of its five-year plans. America's technical assistance has won many friends among the Indian people, Kuppuswamy added...
Last March West Germany agreed to give Yugoslavia $74 million in World War II reparations and long-term loans. But now that Tito had gone to Moscow and talked about Germany's "two sovereign states," Bonn feared he was about to recognize the puppet East German regime. Despite private assurances that Tito would not do so, the Adenauer government last week pointedly allowed West Germany's Bundestag to adjourn for the summer without ratifying the Yugoslav treaty. "Blackmail," cried Yugoslavia's Politika, but West Germany is prepared to wait until Tito's assurances sound as loud...
...Communists, Burma's new Premier U Ba Swe announced that he hoped to get a long-term low-interest loan of $20 million to $30 million from the U.S. as a business deal "without strings," thus compromising neither Burma's neutrality nor her self-respect as a sovereign nation. The U.S. will supply technicians in exchange for Burma's rice...
...first year as a sovereign nation and 15th member of the Atlantic alliance, West Germany has turned in a disappointing performance as great partner of the West. Items...