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...with India precipitated a vast economic setback in Pakistan, wrecking much of the growth that had occurred in the years before. More than that, it precipitated a political crisis that led ultimately to the bloody rioting and the fall of Ayub in 1968. But the new government was merely a political, not an economic, substitute for Ayub, the only real difference in its economic outlook being that it chose to reduce the DAS' influence in planning policy. It was for this reason that the DAS left Pakistan last June...
...Pentagon is increasingly convinced that the Cambodian invasion is proving to be a smashing success as a limited military venture. TIME Pentagon Correspondent John Mulliken finds a new sense of general optimism among top military leaders, who claim impressive achievements for the operation. It amounted to "the worst setback the Communists have had in 20 years of war in Indochina," contends one Pentagon officer...
...word without fracturing whatever slim hopes still remain for permanent peace. Any proven breach of good faith on the part of the Soviet Union, which gave every appearance of supporting Rogers' effort, might torpedo hope for a Middle East settlement in the near future -and cause a serious setback in U.S.Soviet relations besides...
...That setback was almost the last in a distinguished career. The stylish, handsome Bruce, now 72, has all his life moved gracefully through decision-making circles, gravitating easily to positions of power. A natural arbiter, he remains polite and analytical on the most controversial of subjects. These characteristics have served him well. When he retired last year, after nearly a decade as U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James's-the longest anyone had held the post-he was the country's senior ambassador and the only one ever to have headed America's three leading...
Visit to Moscow. The outcome was a standoff between the Christian Democrats, who oppose the Ostpolitik, and Brandt's Social Democrats. A big loss was suffered by the rightist National Democrats. But an even more severe setback was experienced by the Free Democrat Party, a loosely knit combination of conservatives and far-left liberals whose 30 Bundestag delegates give Brandt's coalition a thin twelve-seat majority in the 496-seat West German parliament. In two of the three states, the Free Democrats failed to gain the 5% of the vote required to be seated. The plight...