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Arctic Revolution. The Hans Hedtoft, a diesel-powered motorship, went down the ways of Denmark's Frederikshavn shipyard last August, small but sturdy and trim. The 2,857-ton freighter had been specially designed for the Danish government to withstand the pounding seas and polar ice of the wildest stretch of the North Atlantic Ocean, off the barren shores of Greenland. She had a double steel bottom, an armored bow and stern, and was divided into seven watertight compartments; she carried the most modern instrumentation, from radar to gyro, from Decca Navigator to radio-equipped life rafts. Her veteran...
...Soviet dignitary returned from Copenhagen and reported that economic conditions were very bad in Denmark. Surprised, one listener pointed out that Danish store windows were full of goods. "Oh. yes," conceded the Communist, "but the Danish people have no money to buy. There were no lines in front of the stores...
Given this go-ahead from the world's top trading nation, other European nations followed suit. In rapid succession, West Germany, Italy, the Scandinavian countries and the Benelux nations all proclaimed their currencies externally convertible. (Denmark, responding to the drama of the occasion, revealed that it was following the British example even before the British treasury set the example...
...that a satellite is in orbit and that its weight is nearly 9,000 pounds." The crowd broke into applause. Even Communist Poland's ambassador, Romuald Spasowksi said, "Terrific. I am myself a physicist, and to put such a big load so high is a great achievement." Said Denmark's new ambassador, Count Gustav Knuth-Winterfeldt: "It was the best Christmas present we could have...
Ringing phrases about defending Berlin made the headlines from NATO's Ministerial Council meeting in Paris last week. "We cannot abandon the 2,500,000 people of West Berlin," said NATO Secretary General Paul-Henri Spaak, "without preparing the way for surrender in Luxembourg, Denmark, Norway, Belgium and all the way across Europe...