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...rotten spot at the core of the dispute has been the Yugoslav Government-in-Exile, whose hard work has been overshadowed by a stubborn desire to pin down their country to the pre-war status quo. This attitude stands in sharp contrast to that of Norway's Prime Minister Johan Nygaardsvold, who last week in a message to his people outlined post-war reconstruction plans, and added: "The present Government does not do this with any thought that it is to retain power and look after the administration of Norway after the liberation...
...Transylvania from Rumania. Germany bought their crops and paid for them. The collapse of Yugoslavia further .strengthened Hungary. Magyar counts strode haughtily along the Danube confident that Budapest would soon be capital of Southeastern Europe, a strong and respected buffer between Berlin and Rome, guardian of the status quo from the Black Sea to the Adriatic...
Present. From Boisson and Darlan the British, through Admiral Cunningham, wanted: 1) permission to use Dakar as a base against Nazi U-boats in the South Atlantic; 2) use of French Fleet units at Dakar. From Darlan in particular, Eisenhower wants the status quo maintained in Morocco and Algeria so that there will be no transport interruptions or rear-guard threats to Allied forces now attacking Tunisia...
...week's end there was no agreement on use of the fleet units at Dakar. But Allied navies were given permission to use the port. Neighboring airfields were thrown open as transit points. There was evidence that the status quo in Morocco and Algeria was stabilized. The price: recognition of Darlan as head of the French State and his new "imperial council" as the repository of French sovereignty...
...Anthropology; Edwin C. Kemble, professor of Physics; F. O. Matthiessen, professor of History and Literature; Preston Roberts '43, and C. L. Barber '35 were all in substantial agreement on this point. According to the experts the Liberal Arts College must not be content to remain at the present status quo but must forge ahead. One of the methods discussed by which a non-technical education could be made more liberal was a plan based on that of the University of Chicago, which forces a general education during the first two years, an expanded form of the present University requirements...