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...Germanys. As the Russian began to speak, John Foster Dulles made notes, France's Pinay chain-smoked, Britain's Macmillan sat erect as a Grenadier Guardsman (which he once was). Harshly Molotov plunged in. He rejected out of hand the West's plan for German unity. He accused the Western powers-including, of all people, the French-of seeking "a revival of German militarism." What the West wants, he said, is to re-establish throughout Germany "the rule of big monopolies, Junker and militarists" and to "liquidate the social gains of the [East German Communist Republic...
After a moment's silence, John Foster Dulles asked for time out. Over drinks in the delegates' bar, he agreed with Macmillan and Pinay that the conference must go on, but that the West should delay its reply until the next...
...error committed by Prime Minister Anthony Eden at the first summit meeting. Eden had tentatively proposed zones of controlled armed forces on either side of the present East-West German border-instead of on the eastern border of a reunited Germany, as the West now wants. Britain's Macmillan forcefully rejected both Molotov's proposal, and, by implication, Eden's earlier idea: "We ... do not believe that there can be any real security in Europe as long as Germany is divided...
Though the subject was not remotely on the agenda, Britain's Harold Macmillan abruptly blurted out what was preoccupying the West. If Russia is sincerely trying to ease world tensions, Macmillan demanded of Molotov, why is Russia's satellite Czechoslovakia selling arms to Egypt? Turning on his best wide-eyed look, Molotov professed to know nothing about...
...Parliamentary Private Secretary to Sir Harold MacMillan told a Government class yesterday that the United Kingdom will "stand behind the United States on whatever course she takes in the Far East...