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February 13, 1963

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Headlines from February 13, 1963

KENNEDY SHIFTING HIS CUBA TACTICS; Effort to Get Soviet Troops Out Quietly Is Given Up KENNEDY SHIFTING HIS CUBA TACTICS Assurance Acceptable Keating Asks Details Dirksen Prepares Report

By Max Frankel Special To the New York Times

Kennedy seen abandoning effort to get USSR troops out quietly because of Cong uproar and feeling of some in Adm that it has failed; aim had reptdly been to avoid embarassing Khrushchev in his struggle to placate both Communist China and Castro

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British to Offer Wider Aid To NATO's Polaris Force; Impetus to Nuclear Force BRITISH TO WIDEN SHARE IN POLARIS 1969 Appears Key Italian Shift Due April 1

By Drew Middleton Special To the New York Times

Brit extend support of NATO force to include offer to contribute personnel and port facilities

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MULTINATION AID FOR CONGO ASKED BY U.S. MISSION; Troop Retraining and Curbs on Inflation Are Stressed as Primary Needs U.N. 'Umbrella' Urged MULTINATION AID FOR CONGO ASKED Indian Units Leaving Congo

By Lloyd Garrison Special To the New York Times

Asst Sec Cleveland mission urges massive multination aid program

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ARAB 'LIBERALS' BACKED BY IRAQ; New Regime Praises Nasser Type of Rule--Quiet Is Restored in Baghdad Pledge by Minister ARAB 'LIBERALS' BACKED BY IRAQ Arif Meets with Aides View from Jerusalem

By Reuters.united Press International Radiophoto

Shabib and other coup leaders voice support for 'liberal Arab State' modeled on Nasser regime in UAR; conditions in Baghdad near normal; more countries recognize regime; troops in Baghdad illus

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CURB ON POLARIS ASKED BY SOVIET AT ARMS PARLEY; As the Disarmament Conference Resumed in Geneva CURB ON POLARIS ASKED BY SOVIET Proposals by Russians Protests by Kuznetsov

By Sydney Gruson Special To the New York Times.united Press International Radiophoto

Geneva gen disarmament conf resumes; Foster, Kuznetsov illus; Foster reads Kennedy message hoping for progress; warns that number of on-site inspections must be linked to ability to verify suspicious events; Kuznetsov proposes renunciation of foreign bases for stationing or servicing nuclear weapons delivery systems, including Polaris submarines; Godber opposed; backs 30% cut in all arms as 1st stage of disarmament

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Historical Context for February 13, 1963

In 1963, the world population was approximately 3,192,807,828 people^[†]