In 1969 the Cold War was still going on. One reason the United States was in Vietnam was the foreign policy of the containment of communism from spreading into Southeast Asia. It will be another 20 years before the Berlin Wall will come down in 1989.
Divide it in four parts, to be governed by Britain, the United States, the Soviets, and France
President Richard Nixon ended the detente with the soviets
The Soviets launched Sputnik to demonstrate their technological superiority and to assert their dominance in the space race with the United States.
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United States Post Office Department ended in 1971.
United States Post Office Department was created in 1792.
Administrative Office of the United States Courts was created in 1939.
United States Office of War Information was created in 1942.
United States Government Printing Office was created in 1860.
United States Office of the Independent Counsel was created in 1983.
United States Office of the Independent Counsel ended in 1999.
United States Office of Personnel Management was created in 1979.