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...Turkey. There is no rational reason for Turkey to expand westward. We could and should remain good neighbors. But we should respect each other's sovereign territory. Turkey maintains 120,000 troops equipped with landing craft in the Aegean. Obviously, this is not for defense against the Soviet Union. It seems aimed at Greece. It's a bitter fact...
...Tsar Nicholas II of Russia called a meeting of European leaders in The Hague, The Netherlands, to discuss disarmament and world peace. Out of that meeting was formed the Permanent Court of Arbitration that has ever since served as an international referee in settling disputes between sovereign nations. Last week, a new body, the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal, began proceedings in the court's headquarters. Its task will probably be far larger and more complicated than anything the old court encountered in its 82-year history: settling the claims of an estimated 3,300 corporations against the revolutionary...
Asked if he or his government disagreed in any way on any issue with the Soviet Union, Karmal answered firmly, "No, not the slightest one." But he insisted that the coincidence of interests does not mean he is a puppet, nor does it make Afghanistan any less sovereign: "There is no power in the world that can crush the spirit of freedom of the Afghan people. It is in our nature to be free and to fight for our freedom...
...Canada Island has been a sovereign country, Mr. Speaker: it displays all the proper characteristics of a free nation and has acted accordingly," the member of parliament says. "Therefore, I implore parliament to agree that Canada be emancipated from the remnants of colonialism...
...take risks for peace." Just as Reagan has made the sale an issue of his own leadership and credibility abroad, the Saudis see the purchase as a matter of national honor. Said Haig: "To deny Saudi Arabia this basic means of self-defense is to deny it the sovereign status and respect essential to an enduring partnership...