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...before Acheson spoke, Premier Edgar Faure's French government fell on the very issue of raising the tax revenue required by the Wise Men (see FOREIGN NEWS). Here was a solid warning of how fragile the whole Lisbon web might be. Embarrassed, Acheson merely noted that the French cabinet crisis "illustrates the problems which will arise...
Arming Germany. "Second," said Acheson, "agreement was reached on the bases and facilities ... for these forces." A more specific interpretation: after more than a year of financial chaos and construction delays, the Lisbon conferees agreed on how to share the $400 million bill for building the air bases and supply lines that Eisenhower requires...
...Third," Acheson continued, "agreement was reached approving the creation of a European Army by six nations, including Western Germany." He acknowledged that the actual European Army would not come into existence (nor a single German soldier be recruited) until the European Army treaty was completed and ratified by France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. After almost two years of U.S. plugging for German troops, there are still none...
NATO Reorganization. "Fourth," Acheson went on, "agreement was reached by which the return of West Germany to a place ... in the European community can be achieved." In London, Acheson succeeded in clearing away obstacles to the "contractual agreement" that is to govern future relations between Western Germany and the occupation. Negotiations on the "contractual agreement" have hobbled along for a year. The agreement, as Acheson mentioned, is not yet complete and must be ratified by Parliaments...
...Fifth," said Acheson, "NATO itself was reorganized and greatly strengthened." NATO wisely decided to establish a permanent headquarters and to increase Eisenhower's powers. Even after Lisbon, however, NATO politically remains a collection of somewhat dented sovereignties, rather than a fused phalanx of political will and action...