Word: pineau
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...quite the word of the day: there were some more worried by retreat. The continental nations were irritated by the British decision to withdraw some 13,000 troops from Europe within a year and to put their chief reliance in nuclear weapons. France's Foreign Minister Christian Pineau argued heatedly that unless conventional forces were maintained, NATO would have to use nuclear weapons in even a minor defensive action, and thus might touch off an atomic holocaust. Norway and 'The Netherlands were also worried about having nothing but nuclear eggs in the basket. Aware of European fears...
...statesmen signed-first Belgium's Paul-Henri Spaak, who presided over the drafting of the treaties, then Christian Pineau of France, Konrad Adenauer of Germany, Antonio Segni of Italy, Joseph Bech of Luxembourg and Joseph Luns of The Netherlands. Hardheaded politicians all, the signers were only too aware that the treaties might yet fail to win ratification in one or another of their parliaments (particularly the French), but even that realization could not dim the drama and promise of the moment. "If we succeed," said Belgium's Spaak, "today will be one of the most important dates...
Israeli's Foreign Minister Golda Meir and Ambassador Abba Eban met today with Dulles and French Foreign Minister Christian Pineau...
Israel asked Mollet and Foreign Minister Christian Pineau to plead its case with Eisenhower and Dulles in this country...
Actually, the French gained the day by promising the morrow. Foreign Minister Christian Pineau himself recognized that France had given "a kind of international pledge." Said Pineau: "The approval we have received at the U.N., notably on the part of the U.S., was largely due to the fact that we proposed a constructive solution to the Algerian problem." The constructive solution is still largely on paper. It calls for a ceasefire, elections in peaceful areas, followed by negotiations with the elected Algerians...