good neighbour
[See good-neighbourhood.]
In U.S. politics, a neighbouring country, esp. in Latin America, with which the U.S. has good relations. Also (with hyphen) attrib. Also in extended use.
| 1928 H. C. Hoover Mem. (1952) II. 213 We have a desire to maintain not only the cordial relations of governments with each other but the relations of good neighbors. 1933 F. D. Roosevelt (Inaugural Address), In the field of world policy I would dedicate this Nation to the policy of the good neighbor. 1937 Ann. Reg. 1936 293 The keynote of the conference was struck by Mr. Roosevelt as the policy of ‘the Good Neighbour’, and the President could assure the Latin-American countries that the United States..now interpreted the role of ‘Good Neighbour’ as one forbidding forcible intervention in the affairs of a neighbouring State. Ibid., The President visited Quebec... The visit was intended to stress the ‘Good Neighbour’ policy. 1944 Ann. Reg. 1943 346 The ‘good neighbour’ policy of the U.S.A. to the Latin American States. 1963 Listener 28 Mar. 542/2 General de Gaulle may calculate that the Soviet Union may want to become a good neighbour in Europe again. 1967 Ibid. 1 June 721/1 The shelving of a good neighbour policy in favour of the Dulles mania. |