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...WEST GERMANY. Of all the Allies. West Germany has the most vital interests at stake-and Bonn is fearful that Britain and the U.S. are too eager to enter into East-West negotiations that might end with the West trading away basic German rights. While he does not rule out the possibility of negotiations. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer is far from eager for them to begin. Adenauer is determined not to accept any settlement that might shatter Germany's hopes for eventual reunification. He hopes to visit President Kennedy in Washington as soon as his Cabinet crisis is resolved. Meanwhile...
First of all, I should say that I consider the anti-Peace Corps demonstrations by Nigerian students unfortunate, not because it provides unfavorable propaganda for the United States in context of the East-West power and ideological struggle, for this aspect of the problem doesn't particularly disturb me. Rather, it is an unfortunate event insofar as it represents one of the obstacles to the ability of the American people to assist in the human struggle for better standards of existence in underdeveloped countries...
What was land? An agreement that would lessen tension over Berlin? A treaty defining the future of Germany? A "general European settlement"? Last week, with a hiatus in East-West talks, it was becoming clear to some diplomats and journalists that the real question is not Berlin but Germany, the heart of Europe, and they stepped back to take a cold, hard look at suggested settlements-and their possible consequences...
...week, the reports from U.S. intelligence sources were ominous. East-West tensions had reached the snapping point. The Soviet Union was mobilizing. An air strike against the U.S. and Canada was imminent. Then, on Saturday morning, came confirmation from North American Air Defense Command radar-loaded aircraft patrolling the Pacific near Midway: enemy planes were U.S.-bound...
...From West Berlin and the Soviet Union, World Troubleshooter Jack Paar returned last week to his television show, appearing for the first time since the U.S. Congress and much-but not all-of the U.S. press had waterhosed him for attracting too much attention on Berlin's East-West line (TIME. Sept. 15). Gurgling angrily, he said: "I have noticed that the Congress had the good judgment to adjourn before I got back.'' The Senate, by his description, contained a number of "loud mouths" who had obviously become aware that "they're not fooling with Liberace...