Opening Door to China a Crack in U S Policy
Washington officials report Johnson aides push for UN disarmament talks including Communist China and consider thawing U S China relations. Potential steps include cultural exchanges and improved communications, with a private UN mission discussed as China may gain UN admission as early as 1966.
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British Troops May Patrol Zambian Border
London reports indicate Britain ready to dispatch a token force to Zambia near the Rhodesia border amid saboteur blasts on a copper belt power line. Zambian President Kaunda urged Britain to act as tensions with Salisbury press on for a military intervention.
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France Launches Satellite Gaining Space Club Membership
Paris announces France placed a 92.5-pound satellite into orbit from Hamma Guir Algeria using a three stage Diamond rocket. The mission marks joining the United States and the Soviet Union in spaceflight prestige as De Gaulle hails a national milestone. The AI satellite will transmit radio signals for two weeks and test propulsion, with orbital period of 1 hour 48 minutes. France plans further satellites and nuclear missile development in coming years.
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West and Britain seek Soviet price for world nuclear pact
British and American officials agreed to learn the price the Soviet Union would place on a world nonproliferation pact. Prime Minister Wilson and U S Defense Secretary McNamara led a daylong study on nuclear sharing within NATO while aiming to win Soviet terms on a global accord. Stewart will press Moscow for terms, as Izvestia warns against West German participation. Stewart plans to discuss Viet Nam and a world pact when he meets Johnson on December 17.
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McNamara says Viet Cong offensive blunted and defeated
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara stated the Viet Cong monsoon offensive has been blunted and their fatalities high. He noted tripling U S combat strength in Viet Nam in recent months and announced plans to visit Saigon after meeting NATO defense ministers in Paris. He said NATO talks will seek broader allied nuclear defense participation. France, Norway, Portugal, and Luxembourg will skip the NATO session.
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Viet Nam
World Methodist Council elects Stockholm bishop as president designat
STOCKHOLM AP Bishop Odd Hagen head of the Methodist Church Northern Europe area has been elected president designate of the World Methodist Council to take office in mid 1966.
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Odd Hagen
Methodist Church
Europe
World Methodist Council
Viet Nam Step Up More Bombs To Fall and Targets Stay
Washington officials say U S bombing emphasis on North Viet Nam may rise focusing on infiltration routes to the south. McNamara hints B 52s could join strikes but no plan to hit Hanoi or Haiphong now. Missile inventories show U S lead over the Soviet Union in strategic arms.
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Russia
Assassination Plot Against U.S. Ambassador Revealed
Juan Isidro Tapia testified before the Senate Internal Security subcommittee that Santo Domingo rebels planned to assassinate U.S. Ambassador W. Tapley Bennett Jr and sabotage the Dominican government. He said bombings, time bombs in vehicles, and trained technicians connected to Cuba were part of the plan and that weapons were smuggled from Santo Domingo to provincial towns before the upheaval, with routes through IAPF checkpoints.
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U.S
W. Tapley Bennett, Jr
Dominican Republic
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Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Tapia
Bennett
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Inter-American Peace Force
Eisenhower Recovery Reaches Point for Bulletin Pause
Doctors at Walter Reed report former President Dwight D. Eisenhower's heart attack recovery showing clear improvement. Bulletin pauses planned as daily updates end while activities are increased gradually.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Eisenhower
U N urges moratorium on all nuclear tests
United Nations General Assembly's main political committee approved a resolution urging a global ban on nuclear testing with 35 nonnuclear powers backing it. The United States supported the measure but warned underground tests would continue until an on site inspection treaty is agreed. France and most Soviet bloc nations abstained.
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