Undiplomatically yours: When Russia officially protested the sending of an Australian battalion to South Vietnam, Melbourne snapped back: If you really want peace we suggest you address yourself to Hanoi and Peking. . . . South Korean paper “Chosun Ilbo” reports Pres. Park is thinking of sending 25,000 troops to Vietnam. . . . Hong Kong sources say Peking is now headquartering official missions of the “Palestine Liberation Organization,” the “Thai Patriotic Front,” the “Thai Independence Movement,” and the “South Vietnam National Liberation Front.” … At least 50 of the Communists involved in initial Santo Domingo uprising were trained at a Czech insurgency school near Prague, which goes under cover name of State College for International Studies. (First graduates of school, which has been in operation for fifteen years, showed up in Guatemala during Arbenz fling in 1953.)
Democratic leadership in House letting it be known to Adam Clayton Powell Jr. that if he really is contemplating supporting John Lindsay this summer (as has been hinted), he’d better watch out. They’d like an excuse to strip him of chairmanship of vital House Labor and Education Committee. . . . Precedent for such action was set when House Democrats deprived John Bell Williams (Miss.) and Albert Watson (S.C.) of seniority for supporting Barry Goldwater last year.
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