Word: unificationism
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One by one, as the sentries checked in at the guardhouse on their rounds, the intruders overpowered them and trussed them up. "Consider yourselves prisoners of war," said the leader of the commando gang. The raiders were members of the Irish Republican Army, that outlawed, audacious nationalistic group which, in...
Balks & Crags. Zhukov's colleagues were less amiable. As the summit conference opened on the third afternoon, Bulganin was stubborn. He wanted a security plan (his own), but refused to accept the West's price-unification of Germany first.
He even balked at discussing the two together. Ike suggested that the whole question be referred to the foreign ministers, who should draw up a directive for a future foreign ministers' meeting in the fall. He refused to despair. The problem, he said, is how to "build a bridge...
The words rebounded to a high mountain crag 85 miles away, where West Germany's vacationing Chancellor Konrad Adenauer had installed himself in the little village of Mürren, to be near the conference. From the start, West Germany had felt like a patient straining his ears while...
Fifth Day. The conference was all but over. The Russians now seemed subdued. In the foreign ministers' meeting, Molotov reverted to his old stonewalling tactics, answering efforts to clarify Russian positions by simply rereading Bulganin's speeches. The Russians would not agree to link German unification with European...