Word: supported
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...East's low esteem for Britain and France-that if he were an American soldier he would not like to fight beside British and French troops in the Middle East. (DULLES INSULTS OUR FORCES, shrieked London's tabloid Daily Sketch.) France will not forgive Dulles for his support of local movements against French colonial rule in Indo-China, Tunisia and Morocco. Nor will India forgive him for calling Goa, an Indian-claimed Portuguese colony on the India mainland, "a Portuguese province." Israel remembers that U.S. policy was much more pro-Israel during the Truman Administration. Egypt...
...enemies he has made, it is John Foster Dulles...who believes that the U.S. should be guided by its conscience in world affairs and should not encourage gangsterism or the exploitation of weak and undeveloped countries by imperialists. He is convinced that moral force can win the support of right-thinking people throughout the world, and that meanwhile a strong military force, capable of massive retaliation, is the best deterrent of aggression...
...tente of some sort seemed finally open again. Japan had dropped its demands for compensation for properties Korea had seized after liberation. Rhee had apparently concluded that he had extracted all the concessions he was going to get. The U.S. had warned him that it could not support him in "unreasonable" claims against Japan. Furthermore, with U.S. aid to Korea scheduled for a cut this year, Rhee needs money, and Japan hinted that reparations might take the form of economic aid. As a starter, Japanese and Korean diplomats met in Tokyo to initial an agreement for the return of their...
Eisenhower set forth an eight-point program, and summoned the country and Congress to rally behind it with sacrifices and understanding. Many Democratic leaders promptly lined up with Republicans in expressions of support and praise...
While the first suggestion would shake German confidence in America's willingness to support them against the Communists, Conant explained that a warlike gesture in West Germany would antagonize our NATO allies and could result in war with Russia...