What Is Ahead Around The World During New Year
A world outlook from 1968 showing Britain seeking stability after devaluation while Western Europe trims defense costs and navigates NATO. Russia tightens global links, Greece stays under military rule, France under De Gaulle resumes nonaligned stance, and Italy to vote. Western Germany campaigns toward 1969.
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Mediterranean
Western Fuerope
Charles de Gaulle
Russia
Red China
Europe
Kegyptian
Aleandria
Port Said
Mers el Kebir
Algeria
France
Greece
Constantine
George Papatopoulos
de Gaulle
NATO
Britain
Israel
Quebec
Italy
Christian Democrats
Credit Lors
Germany
Spain
Franco
Sweden
Democraic
Powl
Middle East violence and upheaval threaten 1968 outlook
A sweeping AP dispatch outlines worsening Arab Israel tensions, Soviet arms influence, and potential wars in the Middle East. It notes Cyprus tensions, Yemen and South Yemen instability, Iran's warning, and Cyprus Greece NATO issues, with refugees and ongoing crises shading the year ahead. It also covers Latin American unrest in Brazil, Chile, Peru, Argentina, and Venezuela, devaluations, austerity, and looming elections shaping the region's trajectory.
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Roy A
Beirut
Lebanon
Israel
Middle East
Terron
Aras
Wasselt
Sina Peninsula
Suez Canal
Jordan
Syria
Dorael
United Nations
Pewee Mission
Sylrian
Intacti
America
Micah
South Yemen
Arabia
Persian Gulf
Tran
Shah
Telib
Iran
Cyprus
NATO
Greece
Mediterranean
Buenos Aires
Brazil
Chile
Peru
Venezuela
Argentina
Arthur da Costa E Silva
National Renewal Alliance Party
Fernando Belaundes
Accion Popular Party
Recon
Chican Democrats
Dominican Republc
United States
Juan Carlos Ongahia
Chacon- Cerro Colorado
Ens
Livirnd
Politen
Speun
Ouma
Eduardo Frei
Christian Democratic Party
Young Democracy
Aeclon Democratica Party
Francois Duvalier
Latin America
Cora- Mullet Oenenvidlas
Canteitale
Colonia
Veneatele
Bolivia
Latlies
Kirnosio Guevara
Baedoin
Iea
Africa and Africa 1968: War, politics, and decolonization trends
The dispatch surveys Africa in 1968, detailing Biafra’s rebellion in Nigeria, Algerian and Moroccan frictions, and shifts in Cold War alignments. It notes French naval moves to protect bases, Soviet arms to Lagos, and Kinshasa’s renewed ties with Moscow. It also covers Rhodesia, South Africa, and Portugal’s hold on Angola and Mozambique while urging a new outward looking policy toward black Africa.
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Livia
Ibo
Ghana
Sierra Leone
Togo
al Mers-el-khebir
America
Biafra
Algiers
Weriota
Falas
Riccian Fonhntade
Rabat
Morac
Warmaterial. Co
Africa
Associated Press
Johannesburg
South Af
Vies
U.N. Merepublic
Nigeria
Houari Boumedienne
Alger
Hausania
West Africa
SouthWest
Black Africa
Portugal
Angola
Mozambique
Britain
Swateland
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Lynn Heinzerling
London
Harold Wilson
Mideast
Reeveauug
Lagos
Congo
Joseph Mobutu
Kinshasa
Moscow
Organization of African Unity
Rhodesia
South Africa
Zambesi River
African “Freedom
Ian Smith
South-West Africa
Ballou Park Center
Dacran
Penney’s Thermal Electric Blanket
Fashionaire
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