Cambodia Fight Lion
Foreign Policy Roles of the President and Congress
Independent ActionOccasionally the President undertakes a dramatic or sudden foreign policy action before Congress is fully informed about it. Congress then is faced with the dilemma of supporting the action or being charged with undercutting the President before the world. Congress usually supports the President, but on occasion it tries to halt or reverse the policy or pass legislation to restrain the President from similar actions in the future.When President Reagan launched a military invasion of Grenada on October 24, 1983, Congress essentially supported the President in his stated effort to prevent the formation of a Communist foothold there. Although bo ... [Read More]
USIS Washington File: TEXT: ALBRIGHT REMARKS AT WESLEYAN UNIVERSITYFEBRUARY 6
There is, after all, no more local an issue than whether our sons and daughters will one day be called uponto fight in a big war because we failed to prevent or contain small ones. ... Today, only about one percent of the federal budget is devoted to international operations and programs. This finances everything from supporting peace to promoting American exports; and from fighting drugs toinspecting for weapons of mass destruction. ... The consensus today is less solid. During the past 18 months, the financial shocks that began in Asiapulled tens of millions of people back into poverty. The result has been political turmoil, and doubts in somequarters about the wisdom of economic liberalization. ... [Read More]
Docs 272-331
1. Belgian Chargé Lion called on Asst. Secy De Palma August 14 to present text of proposed Belgian Chirep res. Presentation followed closely that given USUN 1643, except that Lion explicitly described formula as "One China–Two Govts." He added GOB does not intend formally inscribe until consultation with friendly govts completed; acknowledged domestic political considerations figure in initiative; added Chile to list of those already consulted; and (in informal conversation with Deptoff) stated he knew of no plans float res with Peking. ... [Read More]
Documents 160 through 176
Mr. Bowles said that he thought the discussion so far had been overly pessimistic. He said a decade ago the communists had six revolutions going on in Asia and the only one they won was the Indo-China one, where Asians were fighting the white man. The British of course were associated with the suppression of the Malayan rebellion, but the point is that because of their history of preparing their colonies for independence and then in fact granting that independence, they were believed by the Malayans. This was certainly not true with respect to the French. He continued by saying that we have a number of advantages over the Soviets: ... [Read More]
International Narcotics Control Strategy Reports
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORTMARCH 1995BUREAU FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS FINANCIAL CRIMES AND MONEY LAUNDERING11995 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORTOVERVIEWThere were a number of significant accomplishments in the world of money laundering in 1994, and a number of new and/or intensified concerns. Accomplishments and concerns are summarized here and explained in detailed sections below.Accomplishments. Several financial center governments, such as Singapore and Panama, have adopted broad, new anti-money laundering policies and/or laws, and a number of governments were in the final stages of presenting/adopting new legislation.The Financial Action Task Force completed the evaluations of each of its 26 member governments, all conducted by outside experts and all culminating in recommendations for changes and improvements which will be monitored through continuing examinations be ... [Read More]
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