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...Houtte's Social Christian (Catholic) Party, which has had a slim parliamentary majority, emerged from the election still the largest party, but it lost so many seats that Van Houtte submitted his resignation. King Baudouin asked him to stay on a while as caretaker. Biggest gainer: Paul-Henri Spaak's Socialists. A coalition government with Socialist participation is certain, but whether the Socialists team up with the Social Christians or with the third-place Liberals is still to be seen...
While Socialist Leader Paul-Henri Spaak-an ardent supporter of NATO, EDC and a unified Europe-is presumably the leading choice for Premier, there is a chance that he will prefer to be Foreign Minister instead...
During the war for Indo-China, the press corps has been waging an underground battle of its own. Last week it erupted in an open fight, as 21 war correspondents at Hanoi signed a petition to Commanding General Henri Navarre. Said the petition: "We . . . have been restricted unnecessarily to official briefings, which, while reliable, are utterly inadequate . . . Officers have been forbidden to provide information . . . Communication channels are [too] limited . . . Your policy disregards the fact that the security of the free world itself is at stake [and that] peoples of the free world have an inalienable right to full information consistent...
...evening, the radio brings the voice of French Commanding General Henri Navarre to the garrison: "Final success belongs to him who holds out to the last moment. I am convinced it will be the valorous soldiers of De Castries who will hold out to the last moment...
...five years of campaigning in Indo-China, Dienbienphu's Commanding Colonel Christian de Castries, 51, has fretted and shouted for more chances to fight. "Be patient, Christian," Commanding General Henri Navarre would advise him. "You're not the only one around here who wants to be a general." Then, last fall, Navarre picked swashbuckling Colonel de Castries over several generals for Dienbienphu, the most important field command in Indo-China. "Here is your chance," said Navarre...