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... says : " That's no good . They are too tired to draw up a plan . We have to do it for them . " Someone else says : " Even if they do draw up a plan , they wouldn't have the internal economic discipline to carry it out . The Communists ...
... says : " That's no good . They are too tired to draw up a plan . We have to do it for them . " Someone else says : " Even if they do draw up a plan , they wouldn't have the internal economic discipline to carry it out . The Communists ...
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... says that Dean has to be cleverly manipulated in order to prevent him from revealing his most dangerous infor- mation . It is necessary , he says , " to handle it in such a way that he doesn't become , uh , [ a ] totally implacable ...
... says that Dean has to be cleverly manipulated in order to prevent him from revealing his most dangerous infor- mation . It is necessary , he says , " to handle it in such a way that he doesn't become , uh , [ a ] totally implacable ...
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... says that the military chiefs asked Acheson to in- form the President but he refused on the grounds that since it was a military matter the recommendation should come from them . General Collins ( 1969 , p . 202 ) denies this story ...
... says that the military chiefs asked Acheson to in- form the President but he refused on the grounds that since it was a military matter the recommendation should come from them . General Collins ( 1969 , p . 202 ) denies this story ...
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Why So Many Miscalculations? | 2 |
The Bay of Pigs | 14 |
The Wrong | 48 |
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