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...Secretary General U Thant, on a peace mission to Cairo, yesterday prepared to meet with President Gamal Abdel Nasser, as thousands of Egyptians massed near his hotel shouted "We want...
...lifelong Democrat: "In other words, the Democratic Party is more important than the enforcement of international law." Replying to Senator Fulbright's well-worn charge that the U.S. is "arrogant," he asked: "Is it arrogance when we permit ourselves to be lectured by a Burmese citizen named U Thant and, instead of resenting his criticism, encourage and cooperate with...
...committee's concern for Papandreou is secondary to its aim of "restoring democracy" and "ending the military junta" in Greece. Their petition was signed by 350 professors from Harvard, M.I.T., Tufts, and Wellesley, and copies were sent last Friday to President Johnson, U Thant, Hubert Humphrey, Senate and House Leaders and Massachusetts Senators Edward W. Brooke and Edward M. Kennedy...
...resolution, passed by a vote of 9 to 1, endorses U Thant's proposal to end the war, recommends self-determination for the Vietnamese, and pledges support of Sane's petition campaign to stop the bombing of North Vietnam...
...before the eyes of the world. It is to prove that those who have staked their reputation on a military solution are right. That was the reason for the unnatural joy in Washington last week--and relayed to the whole world--when Hanoi rejected, or seemed to reject, U Thant's proposals. It was the reason for the Secretary's specially convened press conference to tell delightedly of the intransigance of the enemy. It was a victory in the second conflict...