Word: expansionist
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...West gives aid it will be feared for its imperialism; if it withholds aid it will be denounced for its indifference; if it establishes garrisons it will be attacked as expansionist; if it keeps its troops at home it assures success of aggression in Asia; if it expresses no political preferences it will be accused of siding with reaction and the status quo; if it supports progressive forces it will be condemned for intervention...
Died. Shigenori Togo, 67, Japanese career diplomat who became Foreign Minister seven weeks before the attack on Pearl Harbor; of a heart attack and internal ailments; in Tokyo. Tried as a war criminal in 1948, he insisted that he had opposed Premier Hideki Tojo's expansionist policies, but was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment...