Cuba and the Caribbean: Hearings, Ninety-first Congress, Second Session |
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... President John F. Kennedy moved to deal with the threat of offensive Soviet missiles being implanted on Cuban soil . The whole civilized world was involved in that crisis . One misstep , one miscalculation , could have led to a disaster ...
... President John F. Kennedy moved to deal with the threat of offensive Soviet missiles being implanted on Cuban soil . The whole civilized world was involved in that crisis . One misstep , one miscalculation , could have led to a disaster ...
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... President Johnson announced on October 3 , 1965 that he had directed the Departments of State , Justice , and Health , Education , and Welfare " to make all necessary arrangements to permit those in Cuba who seek freedom to make an ...
... President Johnson announced on October 3 , 1965 that he had directed the Departments of State , Justice , and Health , Education , and Welfare " to make all necessary arrangements to permit those in Cuba who seek freedom to make an ...
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... President announced today that at 9:00 am CST the Swiss Embassy in Havana , representing United States interests in Cuba , and the Cuban Foreign Ministry had exchanged diplomatic notes establishing procedures and means for the movement ...
... President announced today that at 9:00 am CST the Swiss Embassy in Havana , representing United States interests in Cuba , and the Cuban Foreign Ministry had exchanged diplomatic notes establishing procedures and means for the movement ...
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... President Ken- nedy nearly 912 years ago , following emergency actions taken by Presi- dent Eisenhower , its mission has been twofold : first , to alleviate the impact of refugees on communities ; and second , to aid the refugees to ...
... President Ken- nedy nearly 912 years ago , following emergency actions taken by Presi- dent Eisenhower , its mission has been twofold : first , to alleviate the impact of refugees on communities ; and second , to aid the refugees to ...
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... President Eisen- hower of $ 1 million from the contingency fund under the Mutual Security Act . In January of 1961 , U.S. consular offices in Cuba were closed as our Government severed diplomatic relations . However , Cubans continued ...
... President Eisen- hower of $ 1 million from the contingency fund under the Mutual Security Act . In January of 1961 , U.S. consular offices in Cuba were closed as our Government severed diplomatic relations . However , Cubans continued ...
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Page 237 - January 1951 and owing to well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country...
Page 244 - No Contracting State shall expel or return ("refouler") a refugee in any manner whatsoever to the frontiers of territories where his life or freedom would be threatened on account of his race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion.
Page 227 - Article II which the United States would possess and exercise if it were the sovereign of the territory within which said lands and waters are located to the entire exclusion of the exercise by the Republic of Panama of any such sovereign rights, power or authority.
Page 245 - Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of accession with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Page 246 - Convention shall cease to extend to such territory one year after the date of receipt of the notification by the SecretaryGeneral.
Page 246 - ... (a) With respect to those articles of this Convention that come within the legislative jurisdiction of the federal authority, the obligations of the federal Government shall to this extent be the same as those of Contracting States which are not federal States...
Page 246 - ARTICLE 12 1. At the time of signature, ratification or accession, any state may make reservations to articles of the Convention other than to Articles 1 to 3 inclusive.
Page 237 - refugee" shall apply to any person who : (1) Has been considered a refugee under the Arrangements of 12 May 1926 and 30 June 1928 or under the Conventions of 28 October 1933 and 10 February 1938, the Protocol of 14 September 1939 or the Constitution of the International Refugee Organization...
Page 245 - Any dispute between parties to this Convention relating to its interpretation or application, which cannot be settled by other means, shall be referred to the International Court of Justice at the request of any one of the parties to the dispute.
Page 244 - The contracting States shall not expel a stateless person lawfully in their territory save on grounds of national security or public order. 2. The expulsion of such a stateless person shall be only in pursuance of a decision reached in accordance with due process of law. Except where compelling reasons of national security otherwise require, the...