Word: nato
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...talks, said U.S. spokesmen, would cover a wide range of topics-NATO, the Common Market, Russia, the Chinese invasion of India, and especially the Congo. This ploy grated on the British. Cried an indignant British newsman: "They couldn't care less about Skybolt! All they want to talk about is the Congo!" But what they did, in fact, was talk about Skybolt...
Before retiring as NATO's Supreme Commander in Europe, General Lauris Norstad set out in November to pay his adieus to Europe's statesmen. The farewell was premature, for President Kennedy asked him to stay on temporarily when the Cuban crisis exploded...
Last week, like a diva making her positively final appearance. Norstad once again bade ceremonial leave to his old associates. The warmest and most unexpected leavetaking came from Charles de Gaulle, whose attitude to NATO has not been exactly ardent. At a ceremony in the Court of Honor of the 17th century Hotel des Invalides. General de Gaulle draped over General Norstad's shoulder the crimson sash and golden star of the Legion of Honor, its highest award. Like a courting giraffe, le grand Charles bent to give Lauris the buss that only one hero can bestow upon another...
...calm the British. For one thing, they suspected that the U.S. would be just as happy if Britain continued without its own nuclear deterrent. For another, they thought the U.S. might be using the threat of killing Skybolt to pressure Britain into making a bigger contribution to NATO's conventional forces-a long-avowed U.S. aim. Finally, the British do not agree with McNamara's estimate of Skybolt and its potential. That disagreement is shared by many...
However Bonn's crisis of leadership is resolved, it is not likely to endanger West Germany's commitments to the European Common Market, NATO and the defense of the West. The tragedy is a domestic one, and the chief casualty is indomitable Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, whose long and honorable service to his country deserved a finer conclusion: all the current bickering can only tarnish his place in German history. Many Germans wish that der Alte had gone ahead with his plan to shift to the sedate but less active office of the presidency in 1959. As a Bundestag...