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Though it is no more than a tiny wrinkle on the face of Europe, the region called the Saar is one of the last big excuses for France's refusal to approve the European Army. To get that excuse out of the path of EDC, West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer stopped off at Paris last week for a private conference with French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault. He was ready to shelve Germany's claims to the Saar and negotiate the terms of its "Europeanization," in return for Bidault's promise to set a firm date...
...letter to the French government, the Chancellor suggested he and French Foreign Minister Bidault meet during the next seven days to discuss the Saar...
...seven months of political survival) think of EDC as a dose of unpleasant medicine, to be stalled off as long as possible; some think that French sovereignty and pride outweigh considerations of security; some want to toy with the alternatives, or get more concessions-notably, German concessions on the Saar and U.S.-British guarantees to maintain troops in Continental Europe. Inside Laniel's Cabinet are Gaullists who are solidly against EDC. Most of EDC's support is in the center and moderate left. Yet a fortnight ago Jules ("The Lizard") Moch, a staunchly anti-Communist Socialist, gave...
Laniel therefore wants U.S. and British guarantees of continued military support in Europe, a settlement of her arguments with Germany over the Saar territory, and a free position to bargain with Ho Chi Minh's communist forces in Indo-China...
...before, Laniel's solution was to play for more time. "My government will ask parliament to put EDC on its agenda," he announced last week. But first, Foreign Minister Bidault and Chancellor Adenauer "must examine in common the problems concerning France and Germany . . ." Specifically, that meant the knotty Saar question. How long would that take? Laniel did not know-but it was pertinent that both he and Bidault are candidates to succeed President Vincent Auriol, whose term ends this year. Neither man is anxious to stake his candidacy on EDC, and the betting is that both will keep quiet...