Word: wars
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...approved by the Senate last year, the President is obliged to lift sanctions against Rhodesia if he determines that the Salisbury regime has held elections that were free and fair and displayed a willingness to negotiate with the leaders of the Patriotic Front guerrilla organizations that are waging civil war...
...some oi his advisers to welcome the Rhodesian elections as a step in the right direction. After that, these advisers believe, the Administration should wait three or four months before taking any action to see how things go in the new Zimbabwe-Rhodesia, both in terms of the war and majority rule...
...wishes of his own Congress." Some officials in Salisbury are convinced that Washington and London will insist on a high price for recognition and an end to sanctions. Among the possible demands: the complete and final retirement of Smith, who is believed to be angling for the powerful war post of Minister of Defense and Combined Operations; another round of elections, this time under international supervision and with the participation of the Patriotic Front. Since these conditions, if met, could easily lead to Muzorewa's downfall, his acquiescence seems unlikely...
...expected," admits Middle East Envoy Robert S Strauss. But optimists on both sides emphasized the hope that if peace goes forward successfully, the immense military budgets can eventually be reduced. "When we speak about the cost of peace," says an Israeli banking official, "we cannot forget the cost of war." For the present, the "caravan" of the peace process was still advancing: this weekend both Egypt's and Israel's beleaguered but determined leaders will meet to preside over Israel's withdrawal from the city of El Arish in the northern Sinai...
...very hard to preserve freedom and stability here. If any crisis should occur, they would unite to counter the challenge. If Communist China were to take military action against us, many people there would oppose it, and it would lead to an antiwar movement and perhaps even a civil war. That possibility will prevent the Communists from taking military action against Taiwan. You must [also] consider the natural barrier between us, the Taiwan Strait, which is 100 miles wide at its narrowest point and 120 miles at the broadest. [The Communists] would have to be prepared to sacrifice 1 million...