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the new Greek proposal, we could present our synthesis in the
knowledge that he would do his utmost to obtain the subsequent
concurrence of his Government. Prior to returning in the early
morning hours to Ankara we again met with the King and fully
- Commandant. Both Secretary McNamara and I talked
at length this morning with Roston· about his column in the New Y o rk
Times. We cannot make an announcement about what the World Bank
might do. ---or what Secretary McNamara might do.
"But I thin..\;: all
- was being boarded.
At 2354 (11:54 EST) the first SOS came.
We ceased t6 hear from the Pueblo 31 minutes later.
The President: Were there no planes available which were prepared
to come to the aid of this vessel? Every press s~ory I have seen
this morning
- Wheeler noted
that the skipper was under orders not to fire.
The Armed Services Committee members had been briefed at 9 : 00 A. M. thi s
morning and, according to General Wheeler's report, w ere reasonably
satisfied with the inform~tion given them
- to approve a
new and expanded UN mandate covering Cyprus. We do not think Council action
is necessary but the problem is in the hands of the Secretary General and the heat
is off us. The Turks can more easily live with th e failure of the Secretary
General
- Kuchuk (Turkish-Cypriot) as Vice President.
During the following three years the new Republic prospered
economically, but the mutual suspicions of the two communities
increasingly interfered with the orderly working of a very
complex system of government
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OF CYPRUS
August 31, 1962
Mr. Presiden~:
In my country, we often quote the words of an early American
patriot who said, 11Show me the land where liberty dwells;·there
my home is. 11
it'
Those words have new meaning for us all after.these
hours in
Cyprus
- there are str onger.
Willia1n Bundy: As to South Vietnam, Prime Minister Khanh has suspended the
constitution and t he Buddhists have made their demands on the government. The
Military Council will meet tonight to elect a new President. A new Na tional Asse m
- 12958
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1.
T he nuclear test site in Communist China can be co-mp1etea within t wo to
2. The Soviets are undertaking a vigorous ICBM program.
been held of a new weapon, the SS - 10 ,
Many tests have
(CJ
EO 12958
3AlbH1J>25Yrs
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Secr etary McNamara, speaking from the attached
that Viet Cong actions had reached a new high in July, including
the highest number of weapons lost by the South Vietnamese to the
Viet Cong. It has been a difficult month, but the increased Viet Cong