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...Phase. Perched as they are beside the Iron Curtain, the West Germans are more sensitive to the subtle shifts in East-West relations than any other people in Europe. The least concession to Russia brings suspicions of a sellout. Hence West Germany's anguish last week at the transatlantic reports that the U.S. might trim down some of the six combat divisions on the Continent. SENSATIONAL U.S. PLAN WITH DRAWAL OF COMBAT TROOPS, shrieked Frankfurt's Abendpost. Asked Hamburg's Bild-Zeitung: THIS QUESTION CONCERNS US ALL: HOW MANY AMERICANS REMAIN IN GERMANY...
...despite all these reassurances and disclaimers, the Pentagon's Gilpatric was right when he described Western defense policy as "entering a new phase." This is evident in East-West relations: Washington seems determined to pursue a détente with Moscow, and the Kremlin, beset by economic and Chinese troubles, seems willing to accept at least a cold war pause. The "new phase" is even more sharply evident in the increasingly outdated design of NATO, whose members are deeply split over the philosophy and practice of Western defense. The whole structure of the Western Alliance is being reexamined...
Stronger Reality. Erhard gave qualified blessing to the further exploration of an East-West détente, with the admonition that both sides remember a cardinal need: a solution to the problem of divided Germany. "We are told that division of our country is a 'reality' which has to be accepted," he declared. "Of course it is a reality, but it is an unbearable one. An illness, too, is a reality, but no one would think of blaming someone who tries to cure the disease...
These difficulties, plus a desire to reduce tensions of the cold war, prompted Kennedy to make the surprise announcement, in his United Nations address, that the U.S. was ready to make Project Apollo a joint East-West effort. Yuri Gagarin, also speaking at the U.N., has since expressed his government's willingness to join in a co-operative venture. To thwart this move the House has passed an amendment to the space appropriations bill forbidding all space expenditures should the moon program pass out of strict U.S. control. Fortunately this measure, which took the Administration by surprise, is not likely...
Strategic Outposts. Cargill will have a major part of it, is already active in the East-West grain trade. Its Canadian subsidiary has signed up for 20% of Canada's $500 million wheat sale to Russia, and the U.S. parent is awaiting an export license to send $6,500,000 worth to Hungary. In the U.S. transaction with Russia, Cargill will dicker privately and separately with the Soviets, as will such other big dealers as Continental Grain Co., Bunge Corp. and Louis Dreyfus Corp. Cargill will then draw part of the wheat from its grain elevators (total capacity...