Word: zone
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Third Zone. "In the event that the First Zone of Safety shall fail to insure peace, and that it is impossible to establish a permanent concord among the victor nations, a Third Zone of Safety is proposed . . . : a permanent defensive alliance between the United States and Great Britain. This alliance shall provide that the two . . . great English-speaking nations shall act as one in case of attack upon either...
...Second Zone. "The Second Zone of Safety shall be erected . . . against the emergence of any predatory nation or combination of nations among our late enemies. It shall be a concord among the victor nations, Great Britain, China, Russia and the United States for offensive or defensive joint action...
...Fourth Zone. "The Fourth Zone of Safety looks specifically to the Western Hemisphere. It should be a concord among the nations of North America and the nations of South America . . . both military and economic. Its first and chief article must be that every nation from Tierra del Fuego to the northernmost reaches of Canada will stand as one ... against This is not a mere Good Neighbor Policy. It is a policy of American Solidarity against any non-American nation threatening the territorial integrity of any American nation, large or small...
...first four Zones of Safety have been based upon international collaboration, if possible between all nations, if not possible, between groups of nations acting for the common good. ... I suggest a Fifth Zone of Safety as insurance of our own house against fire...
...Fifth Zone. "I hope it is not possible, but it may be possible that the four preceding Zones of Safety will not work. It is thinkable that all of them might fail and that the United States would be left alone...