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...although de Gaulle is silent, Belgium, in the person of Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak, has run out of patience with Mr. Tshombe. In September, 1961, M. Spaak (then not in office) had hoped for the classic alternative of subduing the breezy Katangan chief by private means; now he grasps faintly at U Thant's tactful straws. The Belgian government's resolution must have been considerably fortified by Mr. Tshombe's talk of "scorched earth" and his attempts to blow up several key Union Miniere installations. Even what M. Spaak describes as his "preoccupation," meaning alarm, with the more confusing...
...prophecy was recalled: alarmed by Gaitskell's strictures against the Six in Brussels last July. Belgium's Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak. one of the Common Market's founding fathers, told him: "Even if you win with this position, you'll lose three times over later." Said tough, astute Herbert Wehner. deputy chairman and top ideologist of West Germany's socialist party last week: "What happened at Brighton is the kind of thing that keeps Soviet hopes alive that the West can be divided after...
Last week the Six gave an eloquent reply through Belgium's Paul-Henri Spaak. When he finished, even the ambassadors from Guinea. Ghana and other Marx-minded nations added their applause to the wave of hand clapping. Said Spaak...
...Spaak closed his hardheaded appeal with a plea for understanding the aims of the new Europe. "To try to unify Europe is to try to break through frontiers which are too narrow for today. To unify Europe is not to fall back on an autarchic concept; it is a step toward universality . . . Welcome us without fear; welcome us, on the contrary, with confidence and joy, for it is to all, without exception, that we extend our friendly hand...
Macmillan's "grand design" is more clearly recognized in Europe than in Britain itself. Two of Britain's most ardent European backers, Belgium's Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak and his Netherlands opposite number, Joseph Luns, were due in London this week to reassure Macmillan of their support, which is based largely on the expectation that British membership in the community will serve as a massive counterbalance to a Franco-German axis in Europe...