Latin American ties shape U S strategy and trade
The piece stresses U S stakes in Latin America as vital for base locations at Guantanamo Bay and near the Panama Canal, routes for one fourth of U S exports and a third of imports, and private investment around 9.5 billion dollars annually with Export-Import loans totaling 3.5 billion since World War II.
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America
United States
Caribbean
Guantanamo Bay
Panama Canal
U.S
Latin America
U. S
Farm Issue and Latin America Debate Shapes Campaign
The piece surveys farm policy ideas from Chrey of Minnesota Senator Kennedy Symington and Stevenson including price supports and conservation. It notes Nixon’s critique of the farm program and calls for stronger Latin American outreach, education funding, and expertise in government staff amid anti Yankee sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chrey
Minnesota
White House
General Farm Organizations
Farm Commodity Producers’ Associations
John Kennedy
Massachusetts
Richard Nixon
Symington
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
America
United States
Herbert Matthews
New York Times
Latin America
William Benton
East and West Germany face Cold War strains in Berlin
The piece outlines ongoing Berlin tensions with Soviet pressure on Western access and the status of West Berlin. It notes repeated crises since 1948, Khrushchev’s threats, Adenauer’s stance, and Western airlifts, plus a later flare of anti Semitic acts in West Germany and the neo Nazi Reich Party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bny
Ulbricht
Berlin
West
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
West Berlin
Adenauer
East Germany
U.S
Britain
West Germany
Cologne
Hitler
United States
Federal Republic
Konrad Adenauer
Reich Party
Wilhelm Meinberg
Bonn
Free
Silence on nuclear tests after 1958 halt and detection limits
The piece notes that after the Hardtack Nevada tests and a Soviet fall 1958 set, all U S nuclear testing paused. It discusses detection limits for underground tests, noting seismographs struggle below 19 kilotons and that surface tests emit detectable radiation while underground ones challenge verification. It cautions on inspection needs and looks to a May summit for clarity.
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Nevada
Russia
Soviet Union
Space
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Europe
Peru
Mexico
Bolivia
Venezuela
Argentina
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