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...French chief of staff. Ely visited Washington in March, where one unimpressed U.S. official nicknamed him "the poodle." Sent on a post-Dienbienphu tour of Indo-China, he recommended the prompt reinforcement of the Red River Delta and the replacement of General Henri Navarre. The French Cabinet asked Marshal Juin if he would take Navarre's job, but Juin did not want it. So the Cabinet asked Ely. He will be the eighth top commander in eight years in Indo-China...
Hope for a Civilian. Francis Lacoste is no stranger to Morocco. In 1947 he was the Quai d'Orsay's delegate to Marshal Alphonse Juin's Moroccan Residency. Although he was no policymaker, he became an expert on Moroccan peasant problems and maintained friendly relations with the now-deposed Ben Youssef. A graduate of the University of Paris' School of Political Science, he served diplomatic apprenticeships in Belgrade and Peking, returned to France during World War II, fought in the resistance, won a Croix de Guerre. Since the war he has had tours in Washington...
...undramatic officialese, General Alfred Gruenther's NATO headquarters last week published a statement that had concealed drama in it: "The North Atlantic Treaty Council-passed a resolution condemning the public utterances of Marshal Juin on the European Defense Community, which were contrary to the views often expressed by the NATO council. This resolution was conveyed to Marshal Juin and later published. Having received [it], the Marshal has remained at his post. This means he will hereafter do nothing which is contrary to NATO policy or wishes. The NATO Council therefore considers the incident is closed...
Marshal Alphonse Juin, 66, France's No. 1 soldier, had provoked the "incident" when he publicly and stridently criticized EDC, then refused several summonses from Premier Laniel to come and explain (TIME, April 12). Laniel's Cabinet relieved Juin of his posts in French army councils, but kept him on the job as NATO's Central European commander, leaving further action to NATO itself. Marshal Juin told General Gruenther that as a French citizen he had previously felt free to speak out, but that, henceforth, as an internationalized soldier he would mind his tongue. After some ruffled...
Some Paris cynics described this as a "deal among cronies" or as a compromise, half to save Juin's face, half to save the French government's face. The proud, peppery Marshal is expected to resign from NATO before year...