Word: nato
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...declared last night that recent events in the Soviet satellites, despite superficial signs to the contrary, do indicate that the countries of the Atlantic Alliance should jointly develop a more flexible foreign policy in Europe. He went on to outline a specific suggestion that the West propose to withdraw NATO forces from West Germany in return for the reunification of Germany and the removal of all Soviet troops from the satellite nations...
...leader of the British Labor Party, in his second Godkin Lecture at Sanders Theatre discussed weaknesses in both NATO and the Soviet bloc, and then put forth his plan for a wide neutral bloc composed of Germany and the satellites as part of "a comprehensive European security plan, in which the various states in the neutral zone would have their territories guaranteed by the great powers as well as by each other...
Gaitskell urged that any such changes in foreign policy "should be worked out by all of us together" within the framework of NATO. He said he felt this could be achieved without new political machinery, so long as more prior consultation takes place...
...What we need is an understanding that no member of NATO will take action on its own, in any part of the world, which affects other members of the alliance without consulting them. Consultation, of course, does not mean obligation to agree. But it does mean taking seriously what your friends say: it does mean making an effort to get agreement...
...Gaitskell will give his second speech in Sanders Theater tonight at 8 p.m. on regional problems in Europe, including NATO, as they reflect the over-all problem of "co-existence." Elliott, Leroy B. Williams Professor of History and Political Science...