Word: germanized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...said about withdrawing foreign troops, there was little hope of agreement. The U.S. and Britain have repeatedly made it clear that full-scale disarmament can only come after settlement of the political issues which necessitated arming in the first place, and they have specifically assured Chancellor Konrad Adenauer that German reunification is one such issue...
...British. French and Canadian delegations interpreted Zorin's remarks as propaganda aimed at next month's German elections. It was obvious that until after Germany votes, the public meetings in London are going to prove little. Even the ever-ebullient U.S. Negotiator Harold Stassen seemed a little discouraged after Soviet Delegate Zorin declared, "The optimistic picture that Mr. Stassen painted for us far from exists...
...reserves of wealth are something of an embarrassment externally, the domestic fact of German prosperity is one reason why Germany's election campaign is so listless just a month before the balloting. Socialist Erich Ollenhauer is having a hard time working up indignation against the economic well-being achieved under Chancellor Konrad Adenauer...
...reunification of his divided empire. Though the five-year term for selling his separated properties is up next March, he has shown little hurry to sell, has so far disposed of only two coal mines. If sales on "reasonable terms" cannot be made in time (and no German firm would interfere in Krupp's personal problem by bidding on the properties), regulations permit Krupp one-year extensions. Alfried Krupp would rather not take advantage of this temporary escape clause; instead, he is hoping that the Allies will annul the sales agreement and leave Krupp with all its empire...
Alfried Krupp is confident that the climate will change; he has already seen the extent to which the cold war has softened earlier attitudes against German industrial concentration. In many cases, deconcentration has been allowed to become only a paper fiction; e.g., Friedrich Flick's steel combine "sold" one steel mill to Flick's sons. Though Krupp keeps a close watch on his separated assets (Beitz sometimes calls the companies' managers in for reports), he has made no big move toward secret reconcentration. Alfried Krupp could legally sell his coal and steel holdings in Germany and invest...