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...hoped to do. It was not certain that what he thought best would best serve the interests of the West in the struggle against Communism. But a man of fresh ideas and heartening determination had taken command in France. His name is Pierre Mendès-France, and Frenchmen call him "The Man of Change...
...Frenchmen it brought the familiar word "crisis" back into the headlines, but no assurance that the politicians' response would be equal to the danger...
...little party moved off beneath a new Communist victory arch to three conference tents at the end of the runway. The Communists offered the Frenchmen tea with sugar, and Lucky Strikes. "They were very polite," said the helicopter pilot. "All they wanted was to be treated as soldiers according to their rank. But we didn't think very much about anything. The whole place was as silent as a graveyard, and when the wind kicked up, we could smell the death around...
Giap clearly intended to keep the delta Frenchmen off balance while he rested his 40,000 regulars from their pummeling at Dienbienphu and redeployed them from the malarial jungles before the monsoon set in. Giap's likely next moves: first, break Route Coloniale 5 and isolate Hanoi ; second, storm Hanoi...
...made up his mind, announced that the Russian ballet would be postponed indefinitely. The press, and not alone the left-wing papers, jumped on Laniel's decision ("Your gesture is not French"). It was the first victory France had won against Communism in a long time-and few Frenchmen were proud of it. At week's end the troupe trooped to the airport, leaving behind it an accusing statement by the Russian dancers' Director Tchoulaki."Faced with this unfavorable attitude on the part of the French government," it read, "the Russian government has decided to recall...