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...week's most visible action on Berlin was a blunt and forceful U.S. memorandum, seconded by Britain and France, that answered the June 4 Soviet note demanding a German peace treaty by year...
...principle of German reunification. Yet even if such negotiations were further delayed, the U.S. continued, the "abnormal" situation of a divided Germany presents no particular threat to peace-unless the Soviet Union decides to "destroy that arrangement in pursuit of its political goals." Summing up, the U.S. memorandum argued that "there is no reason for a crisis over Berlin." If trouble starts through Soviet actions, then "all the world will plainly see that the misuse of such words as 'peace' and 'freedom' cannot conceal a threat to raise tension to the point of danger and suppress...
Toward Action. By last week, John Kennedy's total occupation was turning toward action. Off to Moscow this week, after last-minute revisions to satisfy NATO allies, will go the U.S. answer to Khrushchev's last-month memorandum on Berlin. The State Department will release a White Paper on Berlin to further justify the Western stand. The President this week will also summon congressional leaders to brief them on U.S. plans (his top aides have already visited Gettysburg to inform Dwight Eisenhower), issue a statement on Berlin at his midweek press conference, hold a planning session...
...brave talk, Kassem was in a tight corner. Britain announced that it was withdrawing 2,000 of the 5,000 troops it had rushed to defend Kuwait against Kassem, and Kuwait emphasized its eagerness to speed the evacuation. But in a barbed memorandum issued after a hurried visit to Nasser, the Kuwaitis declared that they would not ask the British to leave until either 1) Kassem drops all claims on their land, or 2) other Arab countries provide a police force of their own to replace the British, and themselves guarantee Kuwait's independence. The plan...
After consultation with allies, the U.S. will present to Moscow an answer to the recent Soviet memorandum on Berlin (TIME, June 23). Since the report is still at the writing stage, the President at his press conference waived further questions on Berlin. But on other subjects he made headlines with a few specific points...