Word: benelux
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Tennessee's Estes Kefauver last week introduced in the U.S. Senate a resolution calling on the President to invite the other nations which sponsored the North Atlantic Treaty (Britain, Canada, France and Benelux) to a conference on federal union. The bill is endorsed by 19 other Senators,* some of whom, said Kefauver, voted for the treaty "with great hope" and some "with deep misgivings...
...Matter of Where & If. Behind these scenes of Western Union fraternity lies an unprecedented peacetime experiment in military organization. The Western Union defense setup was established last year by the Brussels pact between Great Britain, France and Benelux. It is headed by the five nations' defense ministers; under them is a committee of the five nations' chiefs of staff, which drafts directives for the commanders of the Western Union land, air and sea forces and their staffs. Together these are called Uniforce. The land forces (Uniter) are under De Lattre; the air forces (Uniair) under Britain...
...France. 4. Benelux countries...
...arms included under the new plan would be lend leased to the North Atlantic Treaty nations, --France, England, and the Benelux countries--and to "associated nations." About half of the equipment would come from U. S. World War II surplus stocks. The material would be tailored for use against a big land invader, specifically Russia, including jet-driven aircraft, modern artillery, and small arms; the countries receiving the material would probably lump their armed services under a single command such as General Montgomery's brand-new "Uniforce," although the U. S. would retain no control as to the material...
...help had not resolved Holland's overseas mercantile problem-how to restore trade with Indonesia and her once lucrative transoceanic shipping in general. But ECA's pressure had helped bring about one solid achievement long dreamed by the Dutch: economic union with their Benelux neighbors, the Belgians and Lux-embourgers...