Word: pact
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Referring to the Atlantic Pact, Churchill went on to say that "no one could have brought about these immense changes in the policy of the United States, Great Britain, and Europe but for the astounding policy of the Russian Soviet Government...
...charge that the Pact is another dart thrown into Russia's side which may elicit a similar diplomatic maneuver behind the Iron Curtain is unfortunately valid. But the value of the Pact in removing small nations' fears for survival among powerful neighbors compensates for this difficulty...
Mucli of the Pact's success will depend on intelligent policy decisions in the future and recognition of problems that may arise. One such problem is what constitutes an act of aggression. Secretary of State Acheson has said that a purely internal revolution is not aggression, but if that revolution is obviously promoted by a foreign power, it is aggression. This is a difficult borderline doctrine. Another problem is to strike the essential balance in channelling European economy between recovery and rearment. A major purpose of the Pact is to relieve small nations of overburdening war expenditure. It would...
...spite of Russian propaganda, the Pact is a purely defensive alliance. The hope for peace through the Pact comes from the promise that it will stabilize the European political scene. The Pact draws a clear line between East and West. Each side knows that crossing that line will bring would disaster. Antagonism, may, therefore, lose its value, and the door to cooperation through the UN can be opened. The Pact is the means to this end, and the end must never be forgotten in a struggle to strengthen the means...
...United States, as the key nation is this treaty, undertakes the greatest responsibility in its history. World peace depends on the successful use of the Pact in untangling post-war disorder...