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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Peace Corps a tool of foreign policy? Not the foreign policy of this country but the domestic policy of 57 nations. Do we speak the official line? Says Dean Rusk, "The Peace Corps cannot be used as an instrument of foreign policy, for to do so would be to destroy its contribution to our foreign policy...

Author: By Russell Schwartz, | Title: The Peace Corps Replies: A Project Director Responds to Criticism | 2/8/1968 | See Source »

...recent visitor to Viet Nam, delivered his own progress report on Thieu's efforts. He painted a grim picture. "The government of South Viet Nam is infested with corruption," Ken nedy told the World Affairs Council of Boston. "It is almost impossible to go to Viet Nam and speak with any can did American or South Vietnamese citi zen without instantly becoming involved in a discussion of the corruption of the central government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Viet Nam: A Change of View | 2/2/1968 | See Source »

...takes an unvarnished view of things, this war can be stopped tomorrow by the U.S. itself. It is strange to hear sometimes how the U.S. grabs the arm of the first person in sight and asks him to speak to the other side so that we can end this war. Is this serious? Is it the way to end the war? I have no authority to conduct talks with anybody about ending the war in Viet Nam. I wish to make this clear, so that no one has the false impression that the Soviet government has such authority-to conduct...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia: Tough & Confident | 2/2/1968 | See Source »

...Most Reverend and Right Honorable Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of All England, is hardly used to such epithets as "traitor" and "betrayer of Protestantism." But the ecumenical-minded Archbishop, 63, accepted an unprecedented invitation from John Cardinal Heenan, 63, to speak at London's Roman Catholic Westminster Cathedral. Demonstrators from the conservative British Council of Protestant Christian Churches waited for Ramsey outside the cathedral, name-calling and waving placards that accused Ramsey of "Running to Rome." In the pulpit, His Grace was unwavering. "We are able now," he said, "with the authority of both our churches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Feb. 2, 1968 | 2/2/1968 | See Source »

Eartha stuck to her guns: "I have to say what is in my heart." So did Mrs. Hughes: "I just felt that someone had to speak up for the average American. The average young American boy doesn't want to go to war, and his mother doesn't want him to go. But if he has to, I believe America is worth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The First Lady: Down to Eartha | 1/26/1968 | See Source »

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