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...fuse was seven-starred Marshal Alphonse Juin, 65, first 'soldier of France, vice president of France's national defense council, commander in chief of the Central European forces of NATO. For publicly and roundly condemning the proposed European Army (which he was likely to command if it should máterialize), blunt, impetuous Marshal Juin was summoned personally by Premier Joseph Laniel to the Hotel Matignon to give an account of his actions...
...Juin refused to come. How about Thursday? Laniel suggested. "Impossible," said Juin. "I have to go to Germany...
...Premier, swallowing his indignation, then wrote: "Come to see me Wednesday," and sent the summons by messenger. But the messenger did not hand it personally to Juin, and the Marshal lost his temper at this breach of etiquette. "Another day," he retorted, "not tonight...
Laniel waited, nevertheless, confident that Juin would change his imperious mind and obey at the last moment. A clock chimed 7 p.m. No Marshal Juin. 7:15 p.m.: a bustle in the courtyard, and Defense Minister Pleven arrived. At 7:45 p.m., Laniel and Pleven walked out to the Premier's car. "Is Marshal Juin coming?" a waiting newsman asked. "No comment," said Laniel. The ministers drove to the Elysee Palace to confer with President Coty. Afterwards, Laniel summoned an emergency Cabinet meeting...
Ears & Guts. At 11:30 that night, 22 ministers somberly gathered at the Elysee. They were just in time to hear a full report on a cavalry officers' banquet held that same evening in the Bois de Boulogne. There, in splendid regalia, Marshal Alphonse Juin had made another speech -even more mocking than before. He did not take back a word about EDC. Marshal Juin, a graduate of St. Cyr (where he was a classmate of Charles de Gaulle), was utterly opposed to handing over the army of Napoleon and Foch to the dubious control of a hybrid international...