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...What We Wanted. France's Robert Schuman spoke with vigor and firmness: "Today we obtain what we hoped for vainly between the two wars. The United States recognizes there can be no peace nor security for America if Europe is in danger...
...continentals were not convinced that "austerity" would take root on the mainland. Led by France's Robert Schuman, they made it clear that they favored a softer way of life (sometimes called "Beneluxury" because the Benelux countries, particularly Belgium, like it so much), with a high volume of more or less free European trade in all directions and relatively heavy purchases of consumer goods. "Cripps," one observer explained, "took the line of the husband whose wife is spending too much money, and who favors a reduction in her allowance. Schuman took the line that the husband should earn more...
...French Foreign Office spokesman blasted Law 75 as a fait accompli and "a brutal rebuff." Foreign Minister Schuman, who has much more understanding of the Anglo-U.S. position than most Frenchmen have, called in the British and U.S. ambassadors, handed them a protest. In Washington, French Ambassador Henri Bonnet protested to Under Secretary of State Robert Lovett. The French got a promise that the Clay-Robertson action would be immediately reviewed by Washington and London...
...trip to Europe to try to stop the dismantlement and removal-for reparations-of industrial plants in Western Germany. Eastbound, he rode on the presidential plane with Secretary of State Marshall. ("It was," said Hoffman, "the highest-level hitchhike in history.") Next day he conferred with sprightly Foreign Minister Schuman in Paris; the next, with tired, grumpy Foreign Minister Bevin in London; and a day and a half later, he was back in Washington, holding a press conference. He was natty in a dark blue suit but he needed a shave...
George Marshall asked Britain's Ernest Bevin and France's Robert Schuman how they felt about letting Franco into U.N. Both were opposed. Marshall agreed that the U.S. would not support the Latin American move for Spain's U.N. membership. The U.S., however, would back repeal of the 1946 resolution-if someone else proposed it. It would also back Spain for membership in U.N.'s non-political affiliates, such as the International Telecommunications Union...