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Jayewardene had already announced a request for "military assistance" from the U.S., Britain, Pakistan and China to help "suppress a revolt against the democratically elected government." U.S. officials indicated that some "logistical support" might be forthcoming but that there would be no direct military...
...hatchet wielder is the World Bank's new president, former Republican Congressman Barber Conable, who took office a year ago. Last week Conable was facing a revolt of staff members, who lodged a formal complaint with the bank's administrative tribunal, a seven-member body of distinguished jurists from around the world. "We have a lot of worried and unhappy people here at the bank," says Christopher Redfern, chairman of the World Bank Staff Association. The 75% of the employees who are from abroad are especially nervous. Reason: some of those laid off by the bank could lose their visas...
...days after he was struck in the head by a pepper-gas canister during the demonstrations that jolted South Korea for three weeks last month. As the sole death among the tens of thousands of protesters who took to the street, Lee became an instant martyr to the revolt, which had forced promises of sweeping democratic reforms from President Chun Doo Hwan. Lee's funeral prompted a new round of clashes between students and police -- a confrontation that was viewed by most as a final convulsion before the reforms take place, but nonetheless provided a reminder of the country...
...changing so rapidly here. Today is different from yesterday, and tomorrow will be different again. People know they have a united power and a self-confidence that will guarantee us an honest and democratic future. You can't lie and trick people anymore. If you do that, people will revolt...
...FORCES IN South Vietnam seem to be trying everything short of outright fighting to stem the growing strength of the guerilla revolt. But plush relocation camps to concentrate the peasants and helicopter supply lifts cannot sustain unpopular President Diem's rule without direct U.S. military support. Even such military action, however, would be likely to succeed only in the distant future. If U.S. policy continues, as guerilla fighting spreads and more American troops pour into Vietnam, the U.S. will doubtless be involved, in a shooting capacity, with a long and messy jungle...