European year of upheaval and change in 1969
In 1969 Europe faced frenzied economic shifts as inflation wage demands and strikes rose in Germany Italy and France while De Gaulle exited office. Pompidou pursued pragmatism devalued the franc and accepted new monetary reserves as France joined broader European economic changes. The Hague summit advanced Britain’s Common Market entry with French political veto removed.
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Paris
Italy
France
Germany
de Gaulle
Georges Pompidou
Europe
The
Hague
Pompidou
Britain
West Germany
Brandt Signals East Forward in Economic Shifts
West Germany under Brandt moves to ease East West tensions and expand trade with communist states. Currency realignments and Western measures boost European monetary cooperation as OECD and EEC forecast solid 1970 growth amid inflation.
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Western
Europe
U.S
Hungary
East Germany
Poland
Eastern
Council of Mutual Economic Assistance
Jean Rey
European Economic Community
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International Monetary Fund
France
Britain
U. S
Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development
Italian Couple Jailed in Moscow Protest Leaflet Action
In Moscow a 22 year old Teresa Marinuzzi and 23 year old Valteno Tacchi chained themselves to a department store railing near the Bolshoi Theater to protest the treatment of Soviet dissidents. Police freed them after cutting the chains with a saw. Police also detained at least eight Western correspondents. The leaflets named four dissidents jailed by the Soviets and depicted their portraits.
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Valteno Tacchi
Rome
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Tsum
Bolshoi Theater
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Miss Marinuzzi
Attaboy
Vietnam chief reshuffles Mekong Delta generals
President Nguyen Van Thieu removed Brig. Gen. Nguyen Thanh Hoang as commander of the 7th Infantry Division and replaced him with Col. Nguyen Khoa Nam amid a corruption and efficiency purge in the Mekong Delta. The shakeup also ousted Brig. Gen. Pham Van Phu from the 44th Special Tactical Zone, installing Col. Vo Huu Hanh.
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Dong Tam
Saigon
Hoang
Nguyen Khoa Nam
44Th Special Tactical Zone
Pham van Phu
Vo Huu Hanh
Nigeria says 700000 refugees fed daily amid Biafra crisis
Nigeria reports federal agencies feed 700000 Biafran war refugees daily and aims to end hunger in two weeks. Thant will fly to Lagos for talks with Gowon on postwar reconstruction. aid planes from Britain and ICRC planned to deliver medical supplies to Lagos next days.
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Thant
Yakubu Gowon
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