Word: pact
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Eden had a plan to offer. Recognizing that Russia fears a united Germany allied to the West ("I am not now going to argue whether those fears are justified"), Eden proposed that the four Geneva powers and Germany join a security pact on the Locarno model, each pledged to "go to the assistance of the victim of aggression, whoever it might be." Eden further proposed limits on the total forces on each side in Germany and the neighboring countries, to be checked by a system of "reciprocal control." Furthermore, playing to the Russian talk of a neutralized belt in Europe...
...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...
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...
...Segni's first acts was to greet the wandering minstrel of neutralism. Jawaharlal Nehru, and to put him straight on one point. "We in Italy," said Segni coolly, "are all for the Atlantic pact...
...disillusionment was at hand. His friend Gide came back from Russia declaring: "Russia is not what we thought." After the Soviet-Nazi pact, Malraux announced bitterly: "What I wanted to defend for 20 years could not be defended by Communism...