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...Mendès left, he reminded reporters that there was still that small hitch. Said he: "I'm going to see Chancellor Adenauer tonight. I won't sign anything unless we can agree...
Exhausted Talk. Mendès and Adenauer both dined at the British embassy. After dinner, as the other diners settled down to brandy and coffee, Mendès stood up, bowed to Adenauer, and said: "Let's get on with it." Adenauer sighed and rose from his chair. Eden escorted the two of them, each with two aides, upstairs to the library. The doors closed...
...talk was hard and humorless. Small talk and jokes were ignored. Now and then Mendès rose, went to the window, stared into the courtyard. Adenauer remained seated. Downstairs, Eden waited...
...Mendès and Adenauer emerged. Ashtrays were overflowing with cigar and cigarette butts. Paper littered the rugs, protruded from the pockets of tired diplomats. Exhausted, both Mendès and Adenauer left hastily, not realizing that Eden was waiting up for them. At Adenauer's hotel, waiting newsmen asked him if the agreement would be signed. Said Der Alte wearily: "I think so-I mean, I hope so. I won't bet money...
...punishment. At the time of the peace treaty, another plebiscite will decide whether the Saarlanders want to keep their "European" status. Erich Ollenhauer, leader of the Socialist opposition, flatly opposed the terms. Adenauer's own coalition leaders argued bitterly for an hour, but finally swallowed the pill. Mendès-France had won his concessions...