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...Western Europe, already basking in a summer of détente, the treaty will be a boon. "It wrenches Europe out of the political and economic doldrums that have afflicted East-West relations since the start of the cold war," writes TIME Correspondent William Rademaekers, "and opens a vast horizon of economic and diplomatic movement." Most important, perhaps, is the boost it gives to Britain's chances of joining the Common Market. With West Germany's strength increasing so dramatically, France is likely to reverse the De Gaulle position and support Britain's entry...
...NATO members met last week, they invited their Warsaw Pact opponents as well as nonaligned European countries to join with them in a search for ways to reduce tensions in the center of the Continent. Said U.S. Secretary of State William Rogers: "Within NATO, the objective of improving East-West relations should stand equal to our commitment to our common defense...
FROM TWO ISLANDS, off each of the rims of Eurasia, from England and Japan, came John and Yoko together in union. The mighty figuring in their alliance of the images of east-west yin-and-yang accounts for much of the couple's hold on the consciousness of what has been called "our generation...
...party up in mansions and rolled out an 80-passenger jet to fly the Fords privately to Leningrad. Most of the time, however, while the smashingly dressed women turned Russian heads on sightseeing tours, Ford closeted himself with high Soviet officials for talks held ostensibly "to discuss East-West trade." In fact, the Communists, their economy in trouble, want Ford's help in building trucks and perhaps cars...
Souvanna is mediating a family quarrel as well as a corner of the East-West war. The Pathet Lao have long been under the command of his half brother Prince Souphanouvong, 57. While Souphanouvong was labeled the Red Prince, Souvanna was sometimes called the Pink Prince, presumably because of his willingness to cooperate with the Pathet...