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...Before NATO's 15-member Permanent Council in Paris, President Kennedy's special envoy, Livingston Merchant, proposed creation of a multinational nuclear deterrent consisting of a fleet of surface ships equipped with the U.S. Polaris missile. Key provision of the plan is that the ships would be "multi-manned," i.e., their crews would be drawn from every NATO nation that would be willing to help foot the bill. Cost of the international task force would be about $2 billion for 200 missiles and their floating launch pads; it would take at least three years to build, about half...
Originally, in fact, the U.S. had hastily suggested that multi-manned, multinational Polaris submarines might be a logical progression from the independent Polaris subs that Britain has agreed to build (but has committed to NATO). Apart from the cost, however, Congress has already indicated that it is dead set against giving U.S. Allies the components or know-how to build the submarines. Moreover, old naval hands are aghast at the prospect of manning submarines with crews of mixed nationalities. Warned a West German naval expert last week: "Sub crews are the fine watches of naval warfare. There...
...neighbors brought the matter to the attention of the building commissioner of Newton. He investigated the complaint and subsequently sent a notice to Alpert informing him of his violation of the zoning laws and advising him not to use the building as a multi-family dwelling...
...that no officer of Her Majesty's armada could wear a beard. It is a shock, indeed, to view Peter Ustinov with a clean-shaven countenance. Yet Mr. Ustinov's eventual victory in his battle against eighteenth century decorum must indicate the decline of Britain and her navy; the multi-talented Ustinov--producer, director, co-writer, and star of Billy Budd--completely dominates this ambitious production of Melville's novel...
...very least, the U.S. would have to cease in its insistence that De Gaulle give up his "crude" little independent nuclear force. One top French official accuses the U.S. of trying to "divide the world between nuclear barons and infantry serfs." The counter idea of a multi-nation NATO nuclear force with at least three powers holding keys-U.S., Britain and France-seemed not to interest France much. De Gaulle knows full well that in the end the U.S. has no choice but to defend France against Soviet attack. That axiomatic umbrella of protection gives De Gaulle vast flexibility...