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Perhaps the best policy would be a mixture of the two alternatives. It would be insane to announce our intention to free East Germany, but the relaxation of tensions which would probably follow Khrushchev's death might offer a real opportunity to strengthen U.S. economic and cultural ties with the nations of Eastern Europe...
These are not offensive policies; in the end they might strengthen the peace that Khrushchev and Kennedy achieved together. They are, on the other hand, valid foreign policy objectives for the United States which the Soviets could meet without loss of face...
That evening the couple flew back to Amsterdam, where Carlos, hoping to strengthen his tenuous claim to the Spanish throne,*pressed for the wedding to be held in Holland, with all of Europe's royalty invited. Incredibly, he even wanted the Roman Catholic marriage to be held in Amsterdam's 17th century Nieuwe Kerk, even though it is a Protestant church, where such a ceremony is palpably impossible. When Juliana refused, Irene abruptly decided to stay home from a scheduled state visit to Mexico with her mother. And in further retaliation, Irene issued a public statement that...
...split in international Communism has strengthened, not weakened, that bloc, Lipkowski said; it has given the uncommitted nations the alternative Communist models of Yugoslavia, Russia and China. France can strengthen the free world in a similar manner, by offering an alternative model of a democratic government to the United States...
...Program. Khanh wants more manpower for several projects-all tall orders and all previously tried in various forms by either the French or Diem. Khanh promises to create "a highly trained guerrilla force that can beat the Viet Cong on its own ground," wants to strengthen the often timid paramilitary forces, such as hamlet militias. He has begun training a corps of civil administrators to rebuild war-shattered local governments. And he proposes to revive and improve Diem's strategic-hamlet program; however, instead of forcing peasants into the armed compounds, Khanh says he will make the program voluntary...