Word: neutrality
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Yugoslavia and Austria were clearly related to the security interest of NATO. American officials insisted that this was not a pledge to come to the aid of those two countries or others, like Rumania, in the so-called "grey areas"-the small Communist and neutral states into which the Russians might be tempted to move. But as one American official noted, "The security of NATO is no longer just something that involves the legal boundaries of NATO...
...shift? Sihanouk is determined to ensure neutral Cambodia's survival, and he expects a unified, and probably Communist government in Viet Nam in the not too distant future. Traditionally, a strong Viet Nam has always meant trouble for Cambodia, and the Prince is now swinging toward the U.S. in order to preserve a counterweight to what he sees as the coming threat from the East. Thus the kindnesses toward the eleven G.I.s, whom Sihanouk seems increasingly eager to hand over. "Their stay is too expensive," he joked last week. "I have to pay for many good lunches for them...
Administration Neutral...
...M.I.T. administration maintained the neutral position during the sanctuary that it would neither treat O'Conner as a trespasser nor obstruct his arrest...
...Usual Insults. Other moves were under way in Vientiane, capital of supposedly neutral Laos, for years a center of communications and intelligence for the warring sides. U.S. Ambassador to Laos William Sullivan and his North Vietnamese counterpart, Le Van Hien, were reported to be secretly discussing the eventual regrouping of troops should a cease-fire be proclaimed. In Paris, U.S. and North Vietnamese negotiators met in the ornate Hotel Majestic for the 28th time since the peace talks began on May 13 and exchanged the usual insults. The real news, as elsewhere throughout the current thrust toward peace, lay several...