Word: white
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...choose not to, I believe the President has the constitutional responsibility of proceeding with the talks." Clifford's tough position, while doubtless reflecting the frustration and resentment of many U.S. officials over the delay, was hardly calculated to make it any easier for Thieu to compromise. Both the White House and the State Department, however, tried to assure Thieu that the U.S. was not now considering going it alone...
...mobilization, activation of reserve units, immediate airlifting of additional U.S. troops to Western Europe, full-alert status for strike aircraft and for troops on the frontiers of the Communist world. Such moves would be coupled with a grave new warning to Moscow, and no doubt a call on the White House-Kremlin hot line...
...have built no Western-style aircraft carriers because they consider them vulnerable to missile attack. In stead, into the Mediterranean glided the Moskva, a sleek 25,000-ton vessel that combines the features of a cruiser and a carrier. The craft has four pads marked with red and white bull's-eyes on her 100-yd. flight deck for launching up to 30 helicopters of the Hormone type used in antisubmarine warfare. The Moskva is the first Soviet vessel in the Mediterranean equipped with ship-to-air as well as ship-to-ship missiles, and each time...
Lyndon Johnson would like nothing better than to get the negotiations resumed quickly in the hope of achieving major progress toward a settlement before his term in the White House runs out. However, he also wants to avoid any semblance of bullying Thieu to the conference table. Thieu's task is equally complicated. Standing up to the U.S. won him such enthusiastic support from Saigon's politicians and generals that he felt compelled at one point to promise: "I will try to keep flexing my muscle as long as I can." At the same time, he was prudently...
Sihanouk opened his performance by sending over a tailor to deck all eleven Americans out in white linen suits. Then, when they showed up at inaugural ceremonies, Sihanouk strolled over. "Thank you for your participation," he said, shaking hands all round. "Congratulations on your independence, Monseigneur," replied Warrant Officer Ralph McCullough, the group's senior member. "You are very kind," said Sihanouk. "Thank you very much." Then, after a two-hour bus tour of the capital, the men were treated to lunch at La Taverne, one of the city's finest French restaurants. (Among the highlights was their...