Word: parise
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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As they looked over Nkrumah's guest list, some London officials dubbed the affair "a conference of conspirators," and the Paris press was openly gloomy about the future of France's former territories, two more of which-the rich Ivory Coast and little Dahomey-last week chose autonomy...
But while Brazzaville rejoiced last week, Paris received the news with something of a shudder. Everywhere else, the transfer of power had gone without a hitch. In the Republic of Congo, it cost the lives of at least eight people, and trouble was not yet over.
Khrushchev's tough talk probably speeded an agreement between Christian Democrat Adenauer and Socialist Brandt. The two conferred for an hour at Adenauer's home on the line to be taken in Sunday's foreign ministers conference in Paris. Brandt emerged from the talk with the brisk anouncement:
"As far as the forthcoming talks in Paris are concerned our views are agreed." He declined to go into details.
The healing of this breach was an important step toward building a common front in the West. It would have been embarrasing for the Germans to go to Paris openly divided.