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Word: chaux (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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That sentence summarized Western Europe's fear. In the French National Defense Ministry's Salle des Maréchaux, where Napoleon used to brief his marshals, the five Western European nations last week decided to set up a watch on the Rhine. Implementing the Brussels alliance (TIME, March 15), the defense ministers of Great Britain, France, Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxemburg met and agreed on common measures against aggression-i:e., against a possible Russian attack. They set up "permanent international command . . . under a permanent military chairman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: Watch on the Rhine | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

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