Word: turkeys
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Iran's Premier Hussein Ala arrived patched with adhesive tape where the revolver, hurled by a frustrated assassin, had nicked his head a fortnight ago. With Macmillan came Britain's chief military man, General Sir Gerald Templer. Turkey's bland Premier Adnan Menderes arrived last, as befitted the nation with METO's biggest army. Representing the U.S. as "observer" and backstage sponsor was U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Waldemar J. Gallman and Admiral John H. Cassady, commander of all U.S. naval forces in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean...
...months ago, Iraq's Premier Nuri es-Said had brought the wrath of Egypt's Premier Nasser on his head for joining Turkey to form the nucleus of the new organization. Now Nuri tried to reassure Nasser. Iraq, he said, "will not hesitate to use her resources for the assistance of any Arab state subjected to Israeli aggression." Macmillan seized his chance to argue that Communist frustration in Europe and Asia had forced the Reds to seek out new areas for expansion. Egypt's deal for Communist arms was the result, and, considering the situation, he could...
...strong a bastion will METO prove in the Mid-East's shifting sands? Truth is that METO is more a geographic than a military entity, more a psychological pact than a strategic strongpoint. Not including Britain, METO disposes in theory of nearly 850.-ooo men under arms. But Turkey's tough 500.000-man army and Pakistan's 200,-ooo are already committed to the free world's defenses (through NATO and SEATO). To the Middle East's defenses...
...defense position is more impressive. Under the strategic plan pushed by the British ever since their evacuation of Suez, the main Middle East defense line would be established along the rugged Zagros mountain range which runs from eastern Turkey southeastward along the north shore of the Persian Gulf. This line, the British argue, is "the only reasonably defensible terrain," can be supplied readily from Iraq, and they figure they could fly in an armored division from Libya, Jordan or Cyprus in less than three weeks after a Russian attack was launched...
...sight of inflated balloon-figures, lavish floats loaded with pretty girls baring all their teeth, and determinedly jolly Santa Clauses. Just about every news show on the air scored a mass Thanksgiving Day scoop by showing some 200 banqueting vegetarians in Manhattan eating soybean roast instead of turkey and trimmings...