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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Ridgway's words were aimed not at the 100 reporters before him but at the representatives of six Continental nations gathering next day to discuss a common draft period for the European Army. The conference had been called by Belgium's conservative government, which is finding its two-year draft period-the longest in Western Europe-a worrisome political issue.* There had been antidraft riots in Brussels, sparked by Belgian Socialists, and a distressing though brief mutiny among Belgian conscripts. Prime Minister Jean van Houtte, anxious to convince Belgian voters that they were not being asked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATO: The Slowdown | 8/25/1952 | See Source »

General Matthew B. Ridgway last week made his first public request as NATO Supreme Commander, and next day Echo answered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATO: The Slowdown | 8/25/1952 | See Source »

Neat and crisp in his sharply pressed summer uniform, Ridgway called his first press conference since taking over from Dwight D. Eisenhower. He was firm about one thing: the soldiers under his international command should all be drafted for two years. "The reason is . . . that in this day of numerous and complex weapons, it takes approximately a year to train an individual in standard arms," he said. "Just when a state stands a chance of regaining some of its investment on the soldier, it loses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATO: The Slowdown | 8/25/1952 | See Source »

Economic pinch was the explanation given; yet complacency too was behind the slowdowns. Matt Ridgway tried last week to counter this feeling with a soldier's assessment: "There is no reliable evidence known to me . . . [that] the potential threat of armed aggression . . . has in any way abated." Warned the London Observer: "Everybody is now smugly persuading himself that the danger of war has receded and that it is therefore possible to go to sleep again. There will be a harsh awakening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATO: The Slowdown | 8/25/1952 | See Source »

Last week Ridgway's headquarters solved the Mediterranean land-force muddle by splitting the land command in two: one force (Allied Land Forces Southern Europe) to be commanded by the Italian; the other (Allied Land Forces Southeastern Europe) to be commanded by an American (possible choice: Admiral Carney's able chief of staff, Paratroop Major General James Gavin). Still bobbing becalmed in a command vacuum, however, are Mountbatten's British warships. The U.S. argues that it has more ships in the Mediterranean and more knowledge of carrier tactics; the British say that the Mediterranean has traditionally been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATO: Two for One | 7/28/1952 | See Source »

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