Word: squeamishness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...official reaction came from the U.S., which had provided no help and sent no observers. The U.S. State Department was unable to bring itself to congratulate an ally on its technical achievement, would say only in a one-sentence statement that the event was not "unexpected." With whom this squeamish reticence was supposed to win favor was not indicated. Great Britain remained officially dumb as well, although the opposition Labor Party denounced the French. Unlike Red China ("a defiance of world opinion") and East Germany ("an atomic crime!"), the Soviet Union merely expressed its "regret" in tones that indicated more...