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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Warning. Dulles and Henderson began to make their point for all the world to hear. State issued a statement that Henderson had found, in his talks with the leaders of Iraq, Jordan, Turkey and Lebanon, a unanimous "deep concern lest Syria should become a base for further threatening the independence and integrity of the region." State spread carefully publicized word that it was speeding up shipments of U.S. arms to Iraq, Jordan, Turkey and Lebanon, presumably to meet the needs of the crisis. C124 Globe-masters began trundling the first loads of recoilless antitank rifles from Greece and Libya...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Hard Line on Syria | 9/16/1957 | See Source »

...hubbub set off among Syria's neighbors by the rise to power of the pro-Soviet clique continued to echo. "Turkey has been selected by Washington to launch a military intervention against Syria," proclaimed Communist Peking, and added that the U.S. intends "to isolate Egypt by forming a Mediterranean alliance consisting of a number of North African states, with Spain as its center." Actually, U.S. plans were considerably less grand than that. Washington's Middle East Expert Loy Henderson had been sent off to consult with Arab rulers and the Turks largely because the Turks, in particular, thought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SYRIA: Come to the Fair | 9/9/1957 | See Source »

Syria might become a Russian satellite, but she was not one yet. The difference lies in the fact that Russia has no common border with Syria; between them sits Turkey, most powerful and best-armed nation in the Middle East, as well as Turkey's Baghdad Pact neighbors of Iraq and Iran. The London Times described the situation as Russia's "political parachute drop." The Russians have not marched into Syria; they were invited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MIDDLE EAST: To the Edge | 9/2/1957 | See Source »

...Turkey gathered another apprehensive group, including those Arabs who have freely proclaimed their association with the West. King Hussein of Jordan flew in for what was billed as a ''holiday'' in Istanbul; his Hashemite cousin, King Feisal of Iraq, was already in Turkey on his royal yacht, and taking water-skiing lessons. Both cousins broke off their holidays for consultations with Premier Adnan Menderes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MIDDLE EAST: To the Edge | 9/2/1957 | See Source »

...From Turkey to France...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: SYRIA--Crossroads & Battleground | 9/2/1957 | See Source »

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