Word: nato
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...short, the West would be asked to give up the fact of NATO's 15-nation army in exchange for the scrapping of the paper satellite command set up at Warsaw two months ago. Said Bulganin in a burst of candor: ''Our eventual objective should be to have no foreign troops remaining on the territories of European states...
...time to the unification of Germany." They could "exchange views" about the problem, he said relaxedly, "even though in present circumstances we may fail to reach immediate agreement ... In that case, the problem should be solved step by step." His idea of "step by step" would be for the NATO powers to negotiate a European security pact with the Communist states...
...first stage, the two blocs would agree not to use armed force against each other, and promise not to increase their armed forces stationed on "foreign territories." In the second stage, NATO, the Paris agreements and the Warsaw treaty would be abolished, and replaced by an all-European system of collective security...
...Allies insist that a reunited Germany must be free to make or refuse to make alliances. West Germany is already a member of NATO. The West recognizes that Bonn's signature cannot bind a united Germany, but expects that a reunited Germany would prefer to join the West. If it does, both Britain and France are ready to "take account of the legitimate needs of Soviet security," even possibly to guarantee that an all-German army should be no larger than West Germany's proposed twelve divisions. The U.S. is considering an arrangement by which the Western half...
Next step: to work out an informal arrangement between the seven-nation West European Union and the eight Warsaw Pact nations of Eastern Europe. The West will not consider any dismantling of NATO or of U.S. bomber bases, but it is willing to discuss a step-by-step reduction of armaments by both blocs...