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...life that Nixon relishes and one in which he excels. Beyond the catcalls of Congress, beyond the Investigators and the hostile press, he is sovereign. His flying White House is self-sufficient. The American diplomatic, military and commercial presence all over the world forms a system of arteries that pump in services, advice and even encouragement. (Bebe Rebozo was "in the neighborhood" when Nixon arrived in Brussels and so hopped up from Spain for a few minutes' chat with his friend.) The President's meetings are small and confidential. His right to stay above and beyond the masses...
...stiff diplomatic note to Peking, the Russians said that they were "ready as before" to allow Chinese ships to bypass the Kazakevicheva Channel during the summer months, when it becomes too shallow for navigation. But, they added, the Chinese must first recognize "the Soviet Union's sovereign rights and territorial integrity"-that is, agree that the actual border is determined by the Kazakevicheva Channel and not by the two rivers...
ULTIMATELY, the Revolutionaries even accepted the absurdity to which Hutchinson tried to reduce their arguments. If he was right in saying that sovereignty was indivisible, that the only alternative to an absolute power was absolute independence, then they would pick absolute independence--and he, still trying to induce the sovereign to act intelligently, would be as much an enemy as the sovereign himself. Two centuries later, people would hear that leaving briefcases on the floor to hold an illegal antiwar march presaged the end of education and government as they had known it, and decide that maybe that would...
During his five years in the Elysee, Pompidou continued De Gaulle's foreign policy. Most of his efforts were focused on the area most vital to France-Europe. Like De Gaulle, he envisaged a unified Europe composed of sovereign nations that would be strong enough to resist becoming dependent on either the Soviet Union or the U.S. More pragmatic than his predecessor, Pompidou agreed to let Britain join the Common Market (De Gaulle had twice vetoed the proposal). Pompidou also sponsored European summit meetings and even let some French military units participate occasionally in NATO maneuvers...
...because of the very special relationship that exists between the King and the people in this country. I hope that this leadership will continue until everybody is not only literate but has a good life. A lot is at stake in the preservation of this country as an independent, sovereign, happy, progressive state...