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...showdown came. Reuther's decision to strike the biggest of the auto companies was a well-calculated gamble. Financially. G.M. could hold out longer than any other company, but is unlikely to relish the prospect of seeing its own plants shut down while Ford and Chrysler go on producing. And once G.M. signs with the U.A.W.. whether after a strike or only under threat of one. Ford and Chrysler presumably would have little choice but to accept the same terms...
Tense Half-Hour. Then, three busloads of sightseeing U.S. troops were sent across the Friedrichstrasse entry point in a deliberate showdown. Bluntly, a Vopo at the barrier demanded to see the drivers' identity cards. But the convoy's captain just as bluntly refused. The rules required, he said, that documents be shown only to Russians. "These buses are going through in 30 minutes," declared U.S. Provost Marshal Colonel Robert Sabolyk. "If they are held up, we know what to do about it." When the half-hour was up, no Russian was in sight. Grimly, the bus drivers started...
...while, South Viet Nam's Seventh Division-which smashed two Red guerrilla battalions on the Plain of the Reeds five weeks ago-was laying a trap for another showdown. U.S.-trained Colonel Huynh Van Cao traveled around Kien Tuong province telling villagers exactly where and when he intended to attack the Communists, showily deploying his men to back up his threats. Predictably, the cautious Viet Cong melted deep into their Plain of the Reeds stronghold, exactly where Colonel Cao wanted them. Suddenly shifting his troops, he deployed four infantry battalions on the Viet Cong's south flank. Three...
...John Kennedy's deliberately muted statements about Berlin. In Paris. NATO's foreign ministers wound up talks about ways to beef up Western Europe's forces, with the U.S. promising. if necessary, to send six additional Army divisions-but with no firm decision to hasten a showdown...
...ministers at which free world diplomatic strategy is to be hammered out. As the talks began, it was clear that there would eventually be some kind of negotiations over Berlin. U.S. planners were convinced that there should be a Western summit in the fall, as prologue to a diplomatic showdown with the U.S.S.R. possibly in December...