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Instead, the Belgians invited the generals to pick out a nice place in the country. So, after surveying a number of desolate sites, SHAPE with a sigh last week began construction of its new headquarters in the hamlet of Casteau, a wide spot in the road 30 miles southwest of Brussels...
...Casteau (pop. 1,800) is so small and undistinguished that it does not even rate a line in Michelin's guidebook. But it has some old red brick barracks on an 800-acre military reservation. By next spring, construction teams intend to throw up a modern headquarters, heliport, and 600 prefabricated houses for SHAPE'S staff of about 2,000 men and their numerous dependents. The cost -$43 million-will be shared by the 14 surviving NATO military members. France avoided a share of the bill by withdrawing from NATO's military committee...