... Force summed up the situation for the National Security Council in mid-July, declaring the airlift was “doomed to failure.” Berlin airlift Rhein Main Air Base Shlaim Avi “airlift strategy” thesis of Truman Harry S United States “airlift decision ” United States Air Forces in Europe USAFE Bevin...

... Security Council NCS Berlin airlift MATS Military Air Transport Service MATS Blum Robert chiefs of staff committee British atomic bomb B-29 Clay convoy custody National Security Council Truman Tension over Berlin peaked the third week of July. Diplomatic exchanges with Moscow had failed...

... in the British zone, closer to Berlin, so they could make more trips per day. Clay persuaded the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the National Security Council to send more planes, crews, and navigational aids to Germany. Tunner streamlined and standardized operations in the air corridors, opened a new airfield...

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... Rockefeller Nelson San Francisco Conference United Nations Charter Open Skies initiative National Security Council NSC Hoover Herbert Jr nuclear test ban proposals Strauss Lewis US Congress Goodpaster Andrew J Nixon Richard M Radford Arthur M Geneva Conference Bohlen Charles E Bulganin Nikolai...

..., tensions grew between the U.S. government and Karzai, who rejected and felt blind-sided by these talks. bureaucratic friction Cuban Missile Crisis National Security Council NSC US Department of Defense US Department of State Agha Mohammad Tayyab Bergdahl Sergeant Bowe Doha Qatar Karzai Hamid...