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"Too many in the free world fail to see the real nature of Communism as the mortal foe of everything that we hold dear, of every moral and spiritual value. Too many are still prisoners of the illusion that Communism is, historically speaking, a progressive system . . . extreme liberalism temporarily making...
In the final days of the foreign ministers' conference, Russia's Vyacheslav Molotov disposed brusquely of any illusion that the Russians might make concessions in the only area where the West had any real hope of progress. Every Western proposal for improved East-West contacts was either "inadmissible...
In France and Britain, editorialists busily explained that no one had seriously expected much of the "spirit of Geneva" anyway. West Germany's tough old Konrad Adenauer, who dislikes uncertainty, heard the results almost with relief: reality was better than illusion. He briskly ordered the stalled rearmament program pushed...
"But we insist on putting a stop to the loose talk and erratic behavior that has marked the conduct of our foreign affairs these past three years and that has confused our purposes and frightened our friends if not our enemies. I mean creat ing or encouraging the illusion that...
Perhaps the basic reason behind Washington's three year delay is the fear of souring the smiles emanating from the Soviet Union. An attempt in a review conference to remove the veto power, for instance, could only antagonize the Soviets. Three years is a long time to wait, however, for...