Word: withdrawal
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Korea. Truman had tried to pin on Eisenhower, then Army Chief of Staff, the blame for the 1947 recommendation to withdraw troops from Korea. Any opinions rendered by the Chiefs of Staff, said Ike, were military. The U.S. decision to withdraw was political. "There were some things back there in 1947 that I didn't foresee would happen," said Ike. Among them: that the Secretary of State would make public to a potential enemy the decision that Korea was not in the U.S.'s vital defense perimeter...
...their eagerness, they have ignored the more than 120 members who have willingly donated to the Democratic club because it stands for the Democratic Party's policies; they have slapped the members twice in the face by committing one illegal and another irresponsible art. The HYDC cannot supinely withdraw from these assaults. The clubs' officers at least should demand that these mavericks reimburse the club for the spent money and offer formal apologies to Governor Dever...
...Russians were unmistakably interested in both Mainbrace and Holdfast. A group of very quiet Soviet military observers appeared at a Dutch command post and asked to be shown around. On instructions from Sir John Harding, the Dutch commander told his visitors that if they did not withdraw at once they would be tossed out. They withdrew...
Because he knew both men personally, he became the "catalytic agent" who brought them together for a breakfast meeting when it became evident that the convention would draft Stevenson. It was at that meeting that Harriman decided to withdraw in favor of Stevenson...
...Schlesinger who arranged the breakfast meeting of Gov. Stevenson and Averill Harriman at the Democratic National Convention at which Harriman agreed to withdraw in favor of the present nominee...