Word: turkeys
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...There are forces in the world," said Communism's Nikita Khrushchev in his proud capital last week, "that have not given up the idea of war in the Middle East. But Turkey and the U.S. should reflect that war, once started, can spread, and once guns begin to boom and rockets begin to fly then it will be too late...
...serious people ... If war breaks out, Turkey would not last...
...Objectives. Thus Khrushchev translated the new world prestige of Sputnik and the world's fears of Red missiles into one, specific, power-political threat to an area that the Communists have long and unsuccessfully sought to domi nate. He sought to intimidate NATO Partner Turkey, which is menaced by Russia on the north and by an increasingly Red Syria on the south (see FOREIGN NEWS). He sought to feel out the temper of the NATO nations and discover whether the U.S.'s European allies would stand by the U.S. He also sought to make an impressive power play...
LONDON, Oct. 18--Russia tonight accused the United States of urging Turkey to launch an invasion of Syria along a 180-mile front and offering the active help of the American 6th Fleet...
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Oct. 18--The United Nations agreed tonight to a full-scale debate on Soviet-Syrian charges that Turkey and the United States are plotting to touch off war in the Middle East...