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...most responsible for bringing the U.S. into the Dominican civil war was forcibly packed off to exile last week-and most of the force came from the U.S. The hasty departure of General Elias Wessin y Wessin was intended to preserve and strengthen the precarious truce between loyalists and rebels on which the country's newly installed provisional government depends. Yet at week's end it was not at all certain that the maneuver had accomplished its purpose-indeed, it may even have heightened the tensions...
...recommendations. The U.S., he said, "stands willing to help" in the economic integration of Latin America. (This week in Buenos Aires, the Inter-American Development Bank will launch an economic integration study unit−its first branch office in Latin America.) As for sagging commodity prices, Johnson promised to strengthen the international coffee agreement and seek ways to stabilize the cocoa market. That very afternoon, he added, he would ask Congress to eliminate the 1?-per-lb. sugar-import fee−which would guarantee Latinos another $40 million a year in sugar revenues...
...Strengthening Prestige. In exchange for its largesse, France will be assured of enough Algerian oil to satisfy growing French consumption (which doubled to 309 million barrels between 1959 and 1964) and thereby will attain Charles de Gaulle's goal of independence from the Anglo-American oil companies. By paying francs for oil from the only major source within the franc zone, France will also save $280 million a year in foreign exchange. Perhaps most important, the agreement is a long step toward returning Algeria politically-as well as financially-to France's sphere of influence. It also serves...
...seeds of the Viet Minh-the underground outfit that would carry him to power. During the five-year Japanese occupation of World War II, he carefully nursed alliances with the Chinese Communists, the Kuomintang and the American OSS, receiving some aid from all three. His steady aim: to strengthen the Viet Minh and one day kick out the French...
...these moves will strike Parliament when it reconvenes next September remains in doubt. Members of Pearson's Liberal minority government applauded his loyalty to Favreau. But Pearson failed to strengthen the leadership of a government in which the bribery scandal was only one of many difficulties needing attention-most importantly the conflict between the provinces and federal government, and the dangerous split between French-and English-speaking Canadians...