Word: pleven
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...established during the Revolution to break down the section rivalries of old France. Issues in departmental elections are usually local, but this year, with only half the members up for election, the vote took on a national character. The Communists campaigned against "American warmongering," the Gaullists charged that Premier Pleven is trading away France's independence for inadequate U.S. promises. Only candidates with an absolute majority (51%) are elected, and where the vote is split there are run-off elections later, thus providing for a period of horse-trading among the parties...
...country. If a unified Germany gave troops for allied defense, the Western front would reach the Polish border. Neither the Russians nor the Allies would permit this situation. The German Social Democrats, furthermore, will object to the rearmament plan as it now stands because it closely resembles the Pleven Plan which they have always opposed. As a result, Bonn may face a serious political crisis before rearmament is settled...
...Pleven Plan was the first move to solve the German military problem. Reflecting French opinion, it called for twelve basic units of under 6000 troops each with an international command down to the divisional level. No German officers could participate. France, particularly, wanted to prevent production of war equipment in the Ruhr industries because of any possible future threat...
Eisenhower objected to the Pleven Plan on two counts. 80,000 men were hardly sufficient to bring the European army up to a fighting potential equal to Russia's forces, and language difficulties would harm efficiency of command. He advocated, instead, 12 full divisions (about 20,000 men each), an integrated German command, and an effective tactical air force...
...recent conferences, however, the French have objected to German equality in the organization of command and also to the size of the force. The idea of one-man leadership was also questioned. So a compromise on the Pleven and Petersburg plans was made, cutting the total troop allotment to 175,000. The 50-year pact was accepted with slight modification. According to the agreement at the last Atlantic Pact conference, Germans will command at operational levels, but they will not receive appointment to the General Staff. At least the Allies have agreed upon the structure and size of German rearmament...