Word: offing
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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"The cold war is not a battle for men's minds," declared Harriman, former Governor of New York and Ambassador to the Soviet Union. "The Communists are engaged in such a battle, but it is our objective to free men's minds."
W. Averell Harriman and Sir Andrew Cohen concluded Twentieth Century Week yesterday with a plea that America improve its image in the eyes of developing African countries by recognizing that these countries need not take sides in the cold war.
Sharply attacking the idea that underdeveloped nations always take sides when voting in the United Nations, the declared "They don't vote either for us or against us. They vote in the interests of their own people."
Most African leaders, said Harriman, wish to keep out of East-West conflicts. But he gave one exception to this rule: President Nkrumah of Ghana, who supports the "pro-Communist" ideas of Lumumba.
When an Asian member of the audience said he thought Lumumba was not "pro-Communist," and the rightful ruler of the Congo, Harriman became adamant. "You have no right to state such opinions as fact." he answered.