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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Sep 05, 1966
Page
12
Assistant Secretary William Bundy told Meet the Press that it was up to North Vietnam to make the first move on withdrawal, signaling Washington’s stance after De Gaulle’s appeal.
Captain John Ridgway and Sergeant Shay Blythe arrived in Kilronan on the Aran Islands aboard Foglish Rose after a 92 day crossing from Cape Tod, completing a 2,400 mile Atlantic voyage. They reported being very fit despite surviving two hurricanes and harsh seas. The small crew brought limited supplies and were aided ashore by a local light keeper after a slow tow.
General Jean Thiry, head of the French nuclear testing programme, said France hopes to explode a thermonuclear device over Mururoa Island during President de Gaulle's Pacific test zone visit. The statement set the stage for an public display tied to the president's inspection tour.
The New China News Agency said a note handed to Indonesia's Foreign Ministry on September 1 labeled the expulsion as extremely reactionary and unjustifiable. It demanded revocation of the order and protection of residents' rights and safety, while blaming Indonesia for deteriorating relations. The piece also notes protests in Jakarta by the Action Command of Indonesian Students over the trial of former minister Jusuf Dalam. General Thiry announced France would test three nuclear devices starting September 10, with one thermonuclear expected. In Noumea, President de Gaulle thanked 1,000 war veterans in a moving address to the crowd of 3,500, praising New Caledonia's role in French history.
In Winds of Change 1914 1939 Lord Macmillan recounts daily calls with Kennedy during the 1962 Cuba crisis and says both leaders believed the Soviet Union would back down. He lauds Eisenhower while criticizing Dulles for Suez era policies and warns of strains in Anglo American ties.
Reports from Tokyo say China’s militant Red Guards were ordered to support the Vietnam War and to “construct a new world by destroying the old world” under Maoist leadership. In Hong Kong, Red Guards clashed over Sun Yat sen statues while border controls tightened and refugees were returned.
A Soviet diplomat Valentin Resin was expelled after allegedly seeking defence and space secrets tied to NASA Surveyor missions. NASA officials deny any classified material in the Surveyor program, noting press kits and all lunar images and spacecraft sketches have been public.
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