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Naturally, one would argue that U.N.E.F. hasn't really had very much to do--yet. After some hesitation, the invading powers themselves made their own decision to withdraw, reacting more to the force of world opinion and the threat of Soviet 'volunteers' than to the first, plane-load of Norwegian regulars. And, as Mr. Gaitskell pointed out last week, it is a real question whether U.N.E.F. ever would have come into existence if the contributing nations--including Commonwealth countries--had expected to fight the British army. The real task facing the U.N. troops is really just beginning to appear...
...first international police force, taking form in Egypt last week, became from the outset a real instrument of power. Danish riflemen a little sheepishly took up buffer positions between the Egyptian and Anglo-French lines at El Cap, about 27 miles south of Port Said, and this week Norwegian and Danish troops are scheduled to relieve the Anglo-French forces of control of a large part of Port Said. Close to 2,700 officers and men, armed and equipped, were now under the Canadian U.N. commander, Eedson Burns; soon he would have 4,100 troops in Egypt plus...
...should the Suez Canal he cleared? The job of removing the 47 sunken ships should be done under U.N. auspices. Danish and Norwegian salvage companies have already been contracted, and parts of the six-month job will be sublet among other countries. To avoid outbursts of Arab resentment, e.g., further sabotage of oil lines, the job should probably be done without the aid of Britain and France...
...argument would have been more impressive had it been disinterested. What was exercising the French Foreign Minister, as he freely admitted, was the fact that the U.N., unable to act against Russia, was clamping down hard on Britain and France. Less than 24 hours before Pineau spoke, 190 Norwegian riflemen of the United Nations Emergency Force entered Port Said amidst screams of welcome from a wild-eyed Egyptian mob. The Norwegians were the thin end of a wedge with which U.N. Secretary Dag Hammarskjold intended to winkle the reluctant British and French out of Egypt...
...shares) in American Export Lines, where she is chairman of the executive committee. "After my husband's death," she says, "I couldn't sit back and cut coupons. I like a man's world." She also finds time to care for three adopted Norwegian children, try new recipes (out of 50 cookbooks), follow the fortunes of a stable of racing thoroughbreds, sail a 12-meter racing yacht, oversee a score of philanthropies (brain tumor, cerebral palsy, other medical research). Since women control an increasing amount of the nation's wealth, says Mrs. Bay, she feels that...