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...which 20 are combat ready. The other ten are in "good position" in southern France and northern Italy. To support the land forces, there are 14 tactical air wings. SHAPE figures itself about 10% shy of its present goals. The big military question at Lisbon is German rearmament: the conflict between Germany's price for rearming and France's conditions for letting Germany rearm (see FOREIGN NEWS). Technically, Lisbon will be discussing the mechanics of linking NATO with the European Army once an army is formed, but the current troubles over forming it overshadow that...
Members. At Lisbon, Greece and Turkey will be voted into NATO, expanding the alliance to 14 countries and stretching its reach from Iceland to the Dardanelles...
...Queen of Sweden, and her royal husband Gustaf Adolf. Exiled Prince Paul of Yugoslavia came, and was whisked off by his sister-in-law the Duchess of Kent-just in time to avoid meeting Yugoslavia's Communist President Ribar. Francisco Franco's Foreign Minister got in from Lisbon just before the Pretender to the Spanish throne. The King and Queen of Denmark steamed into Harwich harbor under an escort of British destroyers...
Money. The big question is who pays, and how much. Lisbon will hear a report from NATO's Three Wise Men-W. Averell Harriman of the U.S., Jean Monnet of France, Sir Edwin Plowden of Britain-who have been working secretly and late on the figures. Though most NATO partners fear they can no longer carry the defense load without serious inflationary crises at home, the Wise Men have urged Belgium and Canada to ante up more. They asked West Germany to contribute 13 billion marks; Germany said it could afford only 10; they compromised at 11 billion...
...defense against Communist aggression. The time had come for France to declare itself on the European Army, originated by the French and now the keystone of the West's defense plans. The French had to vote on the issue before this week's crucial NATO conference in Lisbon (see INTERNATIONAL...