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...decided then to give [Secretary of State John Foster] Dulles the responsibility of talking to Krishna Menon, the Indian Ambassador to the United Nations, who had very good relations with both the Russians and the Chinese, and who loved to talk to people--a great blah blah blah. And Dulles--not exactly in a threatening way--said, 'You know, we are very concerned about Korea,' and 'The President's patience is wearing thin,' and finally saying that unless the logjam is broken, it will lead to the use of nuclear weapons. It worked. The Chinese were probably tired...
...advice without introspection. Gunaratna should perhaps turn his attention to the Lee dynasty in Singapore, with its one-party monopoly on power since 1959, lack of an independent judiciary and press, ill treatment of minorities and dynastic tendencies that run through government and the corridors of power. Raj Menon Leeds, England
...link between Saddam and the 9/11 attacks. Americans have been misled. If U.S. self-protection mandates unilateral, preemptive strikes against any nation that Washington chooses, American leaders had better be right and have smarter personnel running the intelligence services. Maybe Bush should outsource the job to India. Debbie Menon Dubai...
...Taipei's airport should share some responsibility for what happened. A runway that was under repair was not adequately closed off, and no one seemed to notice that a jumbo jet was taking off from the wrong runway. More than one person should take responsibility for the tragedy. BINA MENON Selangor, Malaysia...
Other recipients included Heather S. Craw, Rachel A. Farbiarz, Benjamin D. Florman, Scott Rothkopf and Hanna R. Shell, all of Leverett House; and Elif I. Batuman, Elizabeth S. Drogin, Elizabeth W. Dunn, Eric J. Feigin, Alma Hadar, Paul N. Lekas, Anil S. Menon, Ming-e M. Ou, Gad Soffer, Emily V. Thornbury, Nikhil Wagle and Markella V. Zanni, all of Lowell House...