Word: zoning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...week long, anti-Communist North Korean and Chinese prisoners who had refused repatriation were herded into the muddy-red, hilltop compounds of "Indian Village" in Korea's neutral zone. As each new batch arrived, Communist officers and "newsmen" crowded in close to the fences to listen while neutral Indian army guards called the roll. Each time they caught a name, the Red observers glared ominously and scribbled it down in note pads with exaggerated gestures...
...Secretary had not finished his tour of the china shop. Someone asked him about U.S. policy on the disputed border zone of Trieste, noting that during the Italian election campaign of 1948, the U.S. had signed a joint declaration supporting return of Trieste to Italy. Dulles broadly suggested that all this might now be changed. The U.S. Government, he said, has been exploring other alternatives. It does not regard the 1948 statement on Trieste like the laws of the Medes and Persians, which stand forever...
...Washington, Paris or London, where for five years the policy had been to make believe that the Trieste issue was not there at all. But the new Italian government of Premier Giuseppe Pella took the hints to mean the worst-that Tito was preparing for outright annexation of Zone B, the southern half of the territory, which has been in Yugoslav control since World War II. From Rome went orders to the army and navy: two to three divisions of Italian troops along the Yugoslav border were put on the alert, and a cruiser and two torpedo boats were dispatched...
...Berlin last week for the second distribution of "Eisenhower packets" of free food. Lines formed early at 13 centers, beneath signs warning the people to keep mum about their identities and beware of informers. One twelve-year-old girl thought she spotted one: she told police that her East Zone teacher had been standing near her in the line, but had moved furtively away when she noticed him. The teacher explained that he had moved because he too had feared betrayal-by the little girl...
...events refused to stay quiet. The Yugoslav news agency announced that, because of "the unconstructive attitude of Rome," Tito's government was in a mood to do something about Trieste. This might mean that Tito plans to annex the Yugoslav-occupied Zone B of the Free Territory of Trieste, in which Italy has staked out sizable claims...