The Nations: Kennedy & the World

Sometimes it seemed as if the most important event in every country's politics this year was the inauguration of John F. Kennedy as U.S. President. In chancelleries around the world, officials pored over his utterances as once they studied the statements of Stalin. Quite suddenly, everybody seemed to be blaming all the things that had gone wrong on the old Eisenhower Administration, and looking vaguely to the new Kennedy Administration as if they expected it to solve all their most aggravating problems. In the midst of the dreamier hopes and expectations, there were a few specifics.

The Chinese Nationalists are resigned...

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