Word: aid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prospect of military aid for Pakistan roused acute concern in neighboring India. One after another, political leaders converged on New Delhi for talks with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, who only three weeks before had swept to an overwhelming comeback victory in parliamentary elections. First to arrive was British Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington, fresh from two days of talks with Pakistan's President Mohammed Zia-ul-Haq. Next Mrs. Gandhi met with Bangladesh's President Ziaur Rahman, U.N. Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim and French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing; this week Austrian Chancellor Bruno Kreisky...
...offset Cairo's influence in Gaza, Hussein has stepped up his country's activities in the West Bank. Among other things, the Jordanians have conducted a census in the territory, announced plans to open passport offices there for the first time in twelve years, and dispensed aid to Arab villages. But Hussein's real goal is probably unchanged: the creation of a united kingdom, of both the East and West Banks, under his sovereignty. Most diplomats believe he would not defy the Palestine Liberation Organization by joining the autonomy talks at this stage. He would, however, welcome...
...indispensable requirement for the U.S. to lift the embargo. In addition, our two countries should cooperate in assistance to the Third World. We have a common cause there not a conflict. We are happy when the U.S. offers economic aid without conditions, of course...
...should the U.S. offer aid unconditionally to regimes that denounce our system and are generally hostile...
...budget with his famous penchant for detail, spending a total of 25 hours in White House meetings roaming through the numbers. In a final session over turkey and ham sandwiches at the Laurel Lodge at Camp David the Saturday before Christmas, Carter, Budget Chief James McIntyre and several aides reviewed a three-page mimeographed.sheet of 39 unresolved programs. After a three-hour discussion, the President firmly drew a line under the ninth item, a supplemental foreign aid proposal. The 30 programs below the line, including additional spending on public service employment jobs and a new plan to improve roads heavily...