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...threat of a veto from either superpower has so far stymied action in the United Nations Security Council on proposals for bringing a halt to the two-front war, the fourth in the Middle East since...
Late last week, in a determined effort to head off any drift toward a two-front war, British authorities took eight more Protestants into custody. In the strongest language he has yet used against Ulster's "loyalists," William Whitelaw, Britain's Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, denounced the strike and its organizers. "Let us be quite clear," he said. "No one, no matter who he thinks he is, no matter how loud he shouts, is above the law." He made it clear that the British government would press ahead with its plans for a referendum on reunification...
...fronts along the Cambodian border last week. Initially, the drive against the Communist sanctuaries involved 20,000 allied troops operating in two areas, the Parrot's Beak and Fishhook havens northwest of Saigon. By week's end, as half a dozen new task forces were hurled into the border war, the sweeps had spread south as far as the Mekong River and north to the highlands near the Laotian border. What started as a two-front foray was now a campaign engaging 40,000 troops along 600 miles of the frontier...
...Trusted. For Johnson, Viet Nam is a two-front war-the military conflict across the Pacific, and the political battle in the U.S. At home, the hostilities seemed to be escalating, despite his efforts to damp down his long-running vendetta with Bobby Kennedy. The feud, which had its beginnings in the 1960 Democratic Convention, flamed into open warfare last month when Bobby returned from Europe amidst rumors that he had received a significant peace feeler in Paris (which...
Belated Agreement. Since these accusations have gone on for three years, there was obvious new significance to the timing of the ultimatum. New Delhi could hardly afford to stretch its economic and manpower resources to a two-front war, and Peking might feel that India, already embroiled in one war, may be in a mood for concessions on border questions. China's tough action also strengthens its position as a de facto ally of Pakistan and makes it more difficult for President Mohammed Ayub Khan to enter peace negotiations...