Word: tacit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Affairs, an unconditional Gaullist, who is in charge of the delicate treaty dealings with the Moslem F.L.N. Back from a quick visit to Algeria. Joxe pointed out that the bloodletting in the cities was obscuring the peace and quiet of the populous countryside. He seemed to hint that a tacit cease-fire already existed between the French army and the F.L.N. to enable the Gaullist government to deal with Salan. The F.L.N. was reported ready to 1 ) recognize the "quasi-permanent'' nature of several French military bases in Algeria, 2) concede that Algeria's economic future is linked to France...
...Secretary of State Dean Rusk still hoped that things eventually would simmer down to tacit agreement to leave things the way they are, with both sides talking on indefinitely. "What we'd like," said a State Department aide last week, "is to reach that stage when we open the morning paper and read, 'Ambassador Thompson and Mr. Gromyko held their 89th meeting on Berlin yesterday...
...purpose in such situations is to prevent international violence, or, if violence comes, to restrict it. Lord Home is quite right when he warns that tacit approval of Nehru's Goan adventure will open the door to a perilous new era of petty wars and territorial brigandage. But he is quite wrong in thinking that there is an alternative to the UN. Dag Hammarskjold wanted an active, vigorous UN executive who would settle explosive situations before international violence broke out--this concept is plainly offensive to Britain's Foreign Secretary. If the UN adopted the British theory of being simply...
...more hope in tacit, parallel restraints. These, he claimed, "do not assume a sudden, radical alternation in human nature. After all, if you feel that man remains pig-headed enough to start a war if he is not disarmed, how can you believe he has suddenly become rational enough to willingly give up his arms?" An informal agreement, less restrictive of sovereignty and less threatening to security than an inspected arms ban, might have more effect, Hoffmann concluded...
Efforts of the small group of volunteers to register Negroes in rural areas of the South have caused a "tightening" among the white supremacist, McDew related. The normal race-hatred groups and individuals have the tacit if not the active support of the local law enforcement agencies, he asserted...