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...First irregulars were supported by seven of the eight divisions commanded by the boss of Sinkiang, Lieut. General Wang En-mao, who, despite his name, is an old friend and supporter of President Liu Shao-chi, Mao's chief opponent, and holds both military command and the political commissariat over local army forces...
...Italian government has amended taxes that discourage business mergers. In France, the Commissariat du Plan is setting up an interministerial committee to act as a sort of marriage bureau for companies that wish to get together. The British government announced last week that one task of the new Industrial Reorganization Corp. will be to sponsor "desirable regroupings." Spain's economic Development Plan calls for the "concentration of productive units." Common Market Commission President Walter Hallstein insists: "We must let more mergers go through...
...Credit. The plan that is most envied, condemned and imitated was started by Jean Monnet in 1946 to rebuild war-torn France. A 30-man Commissariat du Plan-working with reports on demand and capacity from 3,500 businessmen, unionists, economists and educators-now estimates how fast France can and should grow. The current goal is 5½% annually through 1965, and to reach it the commissariat "suggests" investment and output levels for each major industry and producer. The theory: if appliance makers can be led to expect a 5½% increase in consumer demand, they will increase production...
Headquarters of Communism's first postwar political commissariat in Berlin was on the second floor of a dismal concrete building on a thoroughfare named, of all things, Wallstrasse-Wall Street. From these few dingy rooms, the faithful Ulbricht, now sporting a wispy mustache and a pointed little Lenin beard, sent his agents fanning out to grab control-first of the Berlin city administration, then of every town and city in the Soviet zone...
Toward Manhattan. At first everyone, including much of the Danish press, pooh-poohed Denmark's decision, and some nations openly hooted. A spokesman for the French Atomic Energy Commissariat pronounced it "extraordinary and absurd in view of the fact that the crew has lived aboard the Skate for so long with no sign of contamination." Officials in The Netherlands and West Germany said they would be delighted to receive Skate. Washington fired off a barrage of reassurances. Rear Admiral Hyman Rickover declared that ''there has been a review of all possible mishaps," and that the submarine...