Word: withdrawal
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...focus of a broader conflict, which involves the whole Asian continent," Humphrey said. "It also involves basic principles of international conduct. Were we to withdraw from Viet Nam under any conditions short of peace, security and the right of self-determination for the South Vietnamese people, what conclusions would be drawn in the independent nations of Asia? In Western Europe? In the young, struggling countries of Africa? In the nations of Latin America beset by subversion and unrest? What conclusions would be drawn in Hanoi and Peking? This time we cannot afford to learn the hard...
...British plan to evacuate their troublesome base in Aden by 1968. Forces in the Persian Gulf area and the heavy commitment in Germany will be maintained only if the troubling deficit balance of payments is abolished. In Europe and the Middle East, then, Britain's policy is to withdraw...
...Labour Government has not, however, assumed the Gaullist posture of withdrawal. When France relinquished her colonies, she effectively abandoned all overseas military commitments. Moreover De Gaulle has now decided to withdraw France's troops from the NATO alliance. Britain, on the other hand, will seek to maintain her traditional presence east of Suez, though limiting the scope of her military potential...
...quid in Fulbright's proposal is that the U.S. would eventually pull out its troops. The quo? Peking can offer none, in a direct sense, since it has no Chinese troops stationed in Southeast Asia and thus can claim that it has no divisions to withdraw...
...Shah Pahlevi. "Their object," Nasser steamed, "is to destroy Arab nationalism and unity." And who are the real architects behind the alliance? "Obviously," Nasser answered, "Washington and London." With that, Nasser all but tore up the six-month-old Egyptian-Saudi truce on Yemen, declaring that he would not withdraw his 70,000 troops, as promised, until an "acceptable" government in San'a is agreed upon. "If anyone thinks we have become tired," Nasser vowed, "let me say that we are a struggling nation, a fighting nation, a patient nation. We can stay in Yemen for one, two, three...