Word: ultimatums
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...Chief Sir George Erskine to Egyptian Interior Minister Serag el Din. General Erskine's demand: the Egyptian police must hand over their weapons and evacuate the Canal Zone. Otherwise, warned the British commander, Ismailia's police headquarters would be "destroyed by force." Serag el Din turned the ultimatum down cold and ordered his policemen to "resist to the last bullet...
...settling for a truce in Korea, begin a new aggression, the U.N. should try to punish Red China by some means more effective than merely picking up the Korean war where it was left off. The plan is to put the decision in the form of a warning, or ultimatum, to be proclaimed through the U.N. when & if a Korean armistice is signed...
...ultimatum plan lies behind the hints of retaliation against Red China publicly voiced by Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden. It is the outcome of the U.S. National Security Council's recommendation on how the U.S. should conduct the war in the Far East from now on (TIME, Jan. 14). The U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff are, in fact, broadening the proposal: it holds that an air and sea attack on Red China should be launched not only in the event of renewed aggression in Korea, but also in the event of a Chinese Communist move against Indo-China, Burma...
...moved slowly and painstakingly. He saw easygoing President Quirino and reportedly laid down an ultimatum: it was his job or Lacson's. Governor Lacson was suspended; A civil affairs team was ordered to gather evidence, piece by piece. Last week Magsaysay thought he had what he wanted. Justice Department representatives walked into the court in the provincial capital and filed charges against Governor Lacson and 25 henchmen, including three local mayors, two local chiefs of police. The charge was murder...
...liberals are bringing this issue on themselves. Liberals have been compromising for so long; they are so afraid to make an ultimatum on civil liberties; they are so afraid to be damned as Communists; so afraid that maybe they ought to go along with this year's bill because an election year is coming up and maybe they'll get a worse bill. They attack these bills for the wrong reason. They say that it's all right to stop the Communists from talking, when in reality no one should be denied the right of free speech." Leuchtenberg himself...