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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1961
Page
3
The United States quietly warned Morocco against accepting Soviet military assistance after Moscow pledged delivery of MIG fighters during Brezhnev’s visit. U.S. ambassador Charles W. Yost reportedly discussed dangers of relying on Soviet arms with Moroccan officials.
President Kennedy nominated former Rep. Brooks Hays of Arkansas and Harland Cleveland of New York as assistant secretaries of state. Livingston T. Merchant was named ambassador to Canada, Bernard A. Guffer to Finland, with Guffer having served as ambassador to Ceylon since 1959. Also sent to the Senate were Fay Jr. for undersecretary of the Navy and Najeeb H. Halaby for an additional post.
White House releases list of Army and Commerce nominees including Lt Gen James Collins to command in the Pacific and Rowland Burnston and Robert Giles named undersecretary and general counsel respectively. McGhee to counselor of State Department and Yost to deputy U.N. Security Council. Kennedy also noted medical ad for Dr Duncan in Long Beach.
In VIENTIANE Langs WIA Laotian troops armed with bazookas and machine guns besieged the French Embassy. Premier Prince Boun Oum refused to meet French Ambassador Pierre Louis Falaize seeking an audience to obtain an explanation. A French press agency AFP correspondent Paul Vaughan sought refuge in the embassy after escaping detention.
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