Word: speaking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...faced the press. It was Nixon who drew attention to the major risk of the transition period: paralysis in foreign affairs. "The current Administration," said Nixon, "is setting forth policies that will be carried forward by the next Administration." Therefore, Nixon gave his assurances that Johnson and Rusk "could speak not just for this Administration but for the nation, and that meant for the next Administration as well...
...reporters that "of course, the decisions that will be made between now and January 20th will be made by this President and by this Secretary of State and by this Secretary of Defense." Despite the caveats from both sides, the objective sought by Johnson and Nixon-to let Washington speak "with one voice," as Nixon put it-remained reasonably clear. On the Viet Nam talks (see THE WORLD), at least for now, there are no fundamental differences between the two. Nixon will have an opportunity to speak out on any important foreign policy decision that may bind the next Administration...
Wanting to Lead. When Johnson first proclaimed the bombing halt and expanded negotiations more than two weeks ago, Thieu balked at any South Vietnamese participation in a conference in which the Viet Cong's National Liberation Front would be permitted to speak for itself, rather than through Hanoi's delegates. But after several days, he announced that he would let his representatives come, provided South Viet Nam took over from the U.S. the leadership of the allied delegation and dealt directly with the North Vietnamese, not the N.L.F., at the negotiating table...
...proposal got short shrift in Washington. What was more, Thieu received scant support from President-elect Richard Nixon, who the South Vietnamese had hoped would be much tougher in dealings with Hanoi than Lyndon Johnson. They were disappointed when Nixon declared that until the inauguration Johnson could speak for the incoming administration...
Miss Angie E. Brooks, assistant secretary of state of Liberia and president of the Trusteeship Council of the U.N., will speak on "Africa and the World" at 8 p.m. tonight in the George Sherman Union, Boston University...