Word: zoning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...last week, the U.S. and British ambassadors in Rome and Belgrade delivered messages to the Italian and Yugoslav governments. "As soon as practicable," said the notes, the U.S. and Britain will withdraw their occupation troops from Trieste Territory's Zone A and hand it over to Italy's control, leaving Yugoslavia in command of Zone B.* "[We] trust," said the Big Two, "that it will provide the basis for friendly and fruitful cooperation between Italy and Yugoslavia." With each in control of a zone, Italy now had the "parity" it has long demanded as a prerequisite to further...
...acceptance to the newly convened Italian Parliament. It was a big boost for Pella (see below). Still, he was careful to regard the offer as only a down payment on Italy's claims. "I can declare in the most formal way," said Pella to Parliament, "that acceptance of ... Zone A does not imply any abandonment of Italian claims on Zone...
Belgrade rushed troops, tanks and horse artillery to Zone B. Before a rally of 100,000 Yugoslavs, Tito fired tempers further: he demanded a different Trieste solution-one which would entrust to Italy only the city and give all the rest to Yugoslavia-and warned that, unless it is accepted, "there will be no peace in this part of Europe." "We would give up [Western] aid," said Tito, "but we will never give up these interests." Then he vowed that if Italy sends in troops to occupy Zone A, Yugoslavia will consider it "an act of aggression" and send...
...Zone A covers 86 square miles, includes 246,500 Italians, mostly in the city of Trieste, and some 63,000 Slovenes in the hinterland. Zone B, 199 square miles, holds 43,000 Slovenes, some 30,000 Italians living mostly in Italianized coastal communities...
Appeasement. Last week Indonesia's bullnecked Defense Minister Iwa Kusumasumantri made a quick, one-day visit to the Atjeh battle zone. What he found was that the government held only some stretches of the east-coast railway, a few strong points on the coast, and that Moslems in the government units were defecting to the rebels in large numbers...