TURKISH REACTION TO PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER INONU

Created: 6/6/1964

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TURKISH REACTION TO PRESIDENT JOHNSON *STO PRIME MINISTER INONU

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FROM SHOCK AND DISBELIEF THATETTER COULD HAVE BEEN SENT BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO THAT OF COMPLETE DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES. SOME WENT EVEN SO FAR AS TO SAY THAT IN THE LIGHT OF THIS LETTER TURKEY SHOULD NOT HAVE POSTPONED INTERVENTION. THE GENERAL CONCENSUS

JAS THAT THIS LETTER MAKES IT ALMOST MANDATORY FOR TURKEY TO BECOME MORE INDEPENDENT OF THE UNITED STATES .IN THE FIELD OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS.

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