Taking into account the decision of the Syrian Arab Republic to accede to the Chemical Weapons Convention and the commitment of the Syrian authorities to provisionally apply the Convention prior to its entry into force, the United States and the Russian Federation express their joint determination to ensure the destruction of the Syrian chemical...Learn More

Department of State Briefing Memorandum Secret- NODIS To: The Secretary From: ARA - Jack B. Kubisch Chilean Executions You requested by cable from Tokyo a report on this subject. --On October 24 the Junta announced that summary, on-the-spot executions would no longer be carried out and that persons caught in the act of resisting the government...Learn More