Word: ultimatums
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...with Pakistan continued in bloody obscurity, Red China sharpened a knife for India's back. In Peking, India's charge d'affaires was roused at one o'clock in the morning with a curt summons to the Foreign Ministry, where he was handed an ultimatum. In brutal terms, the note gave the Indian government three days "to dismantle all military structures along the Sikkim border," or else take the "grave consequences...
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...
...learned that being interviewed for the story was no one-sitting affair. Paris Correspondent Jonathan Randal's first session with him at his Riviera home went well enough, but Chagall got uneasy when he learned how much we wanted to know. At one point he laid down an ultimatum to Randal, who was rapidly filling a set of notebooks. "You must read me every line of notes before I will agree to talk to you again...
...Ultimatum. In the wake of the Juba massacre came a new hard line from Khartoum. Abandoning all hopes of reconciliation, Mahdi-backed Prime Minister Mohammed Ahmed Mahgoub rushed heavy reinforcements to the three rebellious provinces and issued an ultimatum to the guerrillas to surrender their arms-or face "severe measures...
...exploded in a rare, undiplomatic burst of emotion. "Too much has been asked of France!" he cried. "Solemn engagements have been broken. It's absurd to continue." And with that, he scurried back to report his defeat to an angry De Gaulle. The Elysee Palace issued an ominous ultimatum: France henceforth would boycott all Common Market meetings while its government makes "the studies necessary to draw conclusions from the setback." This was a clear threat to withdraw from the Common Market...