Well, President Nixon went to Yalta after all — despite the White House protestations that he would not. The Soviets insisted that Nixon go to Yalta, and it seems that whatever Brezhnev wants, Brezhnev gets. For a few days, the White House tried to … [Read more...] about NIXON AT YALTA
KUDIRKA’S MOTHER
The U.S. Embassy in Moscow recently issued an American passport to the 67-year old widowed mother of Simas Kudirka— that Lithuanian sailor who leaped from a Soviet fishing vessel off Massachusetts in 1970 onto a U.S. Coast Guard ship. Kudirka's … [Read more...] about KUDIRKA’S MOTHER
A NUCLEAR NAVY
A famous story about Napoleon relates that, after he had conquered the European Continent, a young American inventor named Robert Fulton obtained an interview with him. Fulton spread out his designs and models for his steamboat, and described how his … [Read more...] about A NUCLEAR NAVY
THE 31st STATE
In 1959, the United States admitted Alaska and Hawaii as the 49th and 50th states of the Union, thus overriding the sincere misgivings of some people who worried about the precedent of admitting non-contiguous territories. Today, the value of Alaska … [Read more...] about THE 31st STATE
PASSPORT FRAUDS
In the sea of red ink which engulfs the Federal Government, there is one agency which ends every year with a healthy budget surplus: the U.S. Passport Office. This so-called annual profit, now in the range of $15 million, is the result of the … [Read more...] about PASSPORT FRAUDS
BUSINESS LOAN TERMS
If you go to your bank to float a business loan, the bank will fully investigate your credit history and your plans to repay the money. If you pass this financial third degree, then you get around to terms. If you are a blue-chip company such as … [Read more...] about BUSINESS LOAN TERMS
SCHLESINGER’S SCENARIO
Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger's testimony last September before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was recently released, and it gives us the facts of life about the naked power of the new Soviet supermissiles, the SS-18s. They have a … [Read more...] about SCHLESINGER’S SCENARIO
PANAMA TREATY
This month was the Tenth Anniversary of the 1964 riots at the Panama Canal in which three American soldiers were killed. Our State Department thinks that a good way to observe such an anniversary is to give more concessions to the rioters. That is … [Read more...] about PANAMA TREATY
FRIENDS AND FOES
Even an ill wind usually blows some good to someone. The ill winds of the Middle East War blew some truths our way which have helped us to identify which nations are friends and which are foes. When the chips were down, the outcome of the war was … [Read more...] about FRIENDS AND FOES
PANAMA CANAL
Negotiations have begun in Panama by our State Department, with the connivance of the United Nations, to renegotiate the treaty of 1903. That is diplomatic language for giving away the Panama Canal. It seems that there are powerful forces in our … [Read more...] about PANAMA CANAL
