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Counter Device. The Communist pretext was that the highways linking Berlin to West Germany had been damaged by frost and overuse, and that the extra tolls were needed for their repair. "Sheer chicanery," snapped Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, who recognized the new Red pressure for what it was: an attempt at revenge for the decision to rearm West Germany. Adenauer ordered 18 new trains to be put on the Berlin run (so far, the Reds have not interfered with railroad traffic). West Berlin set up a special fund of $250,000 to pay the truckers' extra tolls...
...reforms are more controversial. An increased number of Formosans are now in all grades of the civil service. The National Legislature, which formerly drafted laws under instruction, now questions ministers, examines the budget and initiates legislation. Chiang Kai-shek can still dismiss the legislature, however, with only the slightest pretext. Most of the country's political power still comes down from the bureaucracy, rather than up from the legislature. Though more Formosans now hold political office, the Kuomintang party machine determines the results of any election...
...Under the pretext of Atlantic solidarity, they are asking France to take precautions against the Soviet danger before taking precautions against the German danger," cried rightist General Adolphe Aumeran. "Without our agreement Amer ica will not dare rearm Germany." Insisted Gaullist Jacques Soustelle: "Every effort to get a modus vivendi with the East must be sought first. Logic dictates it . . . an alliance with Russia is a geopolitical must for France." Complained old Paul Reynaud, the man who was Premier in 1940 when France fell: "The Paris accords give the political hegemony to England and the military hegemony to Germany." Doddering...
...first time this year, girls curious about Lamont's facilities will have an opportunity to invade its restricted grounds under pretext of athletic interests...
...partners also used the occasion to woo Japan, urged the Japanese to "liberate" themselves from the U.S. Significantly, the accords totally transformed the status of Japan in Communist eyes. Before, Japan had been portrayed as an "aggressive threat and tool" of the American imperialists, and used as a pretext for the need for Russian troops in Port Arthur. In the accords. Japan was transformed to a "victim" of U.S. occupation...