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...five days, the West's statesmen moved farther and faster than they had in the past two years of frustration and acrimony. West Germany began the week technically still occupied and emerged a proud new sovereign nation. As an earnest of their trust in the new Germany of Konrad Adenauer, the NATO powers welcomed Germany as an equal among equals, and entrusted it with an army which should prove the most formidable component of free Europe's defense...
...high spirits. "Since the French did not want us to have an army, we agreed to EDC. Now they don't want us to have EDC, so we will oblige them by agreeing to have an army," cracked one German. "I've come with great hope," said Konrad Adenauer. But Mendès soon let Adenauer know what his little matter was. It was the Saar...
Split Hairs. The West Germans had long ago made up their minds: last year they repulsed the same Soviet offer of "unity" by overwhelmingly re-electing Konrad Adenauer. And last week they did it again when the Bundestag emphatically endorsed the London agreement...
West Germany's Chancellor Konrad Adenauer went to London the leader of an occupied country. He returned last week proudly bearing pledges of restored sovereignty for his people and equality for his country in the company of free nations. But the triumphant traveler came home to no public jubilation, no dancing in the streets, no volleys of cheers...
...must not take sides in the cold war but should help to end it. "Germany can maintain normal, neighborly relations on all sides. It can keep the blocs further apart ..." Schmid insisted. "Germany must be so strong as to tip the scales in favor of an alliance partner." Snapped Konrad Adenauer: "Let's not overestimate ourselves...