Word: pleven
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Paris, while the press fumed, Defense Minister René Pleven assured the Assembly that, although the fall of Nghialo was "painful for our prestige and losses we have suffered," neither the "means to fight" the six-year-long war nor the "ability to maneuver" had been lost. But a gloomy reserve officer said: "It looks as though from now on the Indo-Chinese war is to be a permanent nightmare...
Some Paris newspapers called his speech a turning point in French foreign policy. But support for ratification came from such veteran statesmen as René Pleven and Paul Reynaud, who argued that the plan to bring West German troops into a European army is specifically designed to prevent the rebirth of the Wehrmacht. Premier Antoine Pinay, who needs the support of the Radical Socialists (75 seats) to stay in power, was quoted as saying: "I am for a European army...
...Orly Field in Paris, the Defense Minister of France led the five-star general to a brace of microphones. Said Rene Pleven: "France will always keep in her heart the memory of what you have done for her liberation." Responded the general: "There is nothing to be afraid of . . . You have real friends across the sea . . . Never forget that." With obvious emotions, Dwight Eisenhower grasped the hand of one of his co-founders of the European defense force. Then he swung up the ramp behind Mamie Eisenhower, waved his cap from the door of the Air Force Constellation, smiled...
...month as Premier of France, wispy-looking Antoine Pinay, 60, had lost nine pounds. Most of it he lost preparing for the showdown that came last week over France's 1952 budget. He well knew that the budget had been the downfall of his two predecessors-René Pleven and Edgar Faure. They tried to balance the budget by taxing more; he proposed to do it by spending less. His simple suggestion had a staggering success...
First came the Marshall Plan, to set Western Europe's business on its feet. Then came the Schuman Plan, to pool six nations' coal and steel. After that came the Pleven Plan, to give Western Europeans a common army. Last week a new phrase was added to the lingo of international planners: the Green Pool...