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Mono Lisa's Smile. From his briefcase dour West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer produced a pile of secret German intelligence documents describing the military build-up of Russia and its satellites; he listed fact & figure evidence of "the tragic disparity" between Eastern power and Western ability to resist it. "I have been watching these things for many years," warned Adenauer, "and I must say there has never been a threat so great from the East. There is no time to lose...
...immediate cause of the trouble was an unpopular government order extending Denmark's draft period from 12 to 18 months. Many young Danes resent and resist their tiny nation's undertaking to provide three divisions for NATO forces. Another cause was the widespread Danish belief that soldiering itself is an uncouth and unnecessary profession, ill-suited to a nation that has not waged war since 1864.* Item: last year a veteran sergeant major who offended his rookies by using "rude and indecent language" was beaten badly by ten of his men. From a court martial...
...army's rank & file. In the pocket of one mutineer, investigators found a letter from a Communist youth organizer: "Comrade . . . great things are happening. I want to meet you to discuss these things." Palle Voigt, editor of two Communist magazines that had urged the troops to resist an extension of the draft, was arrested on charges of inciting rebellion. The trouble, believed Danish Defense Minister Harald Petersen, "was obviously directed from abroad...
...Mamie continued to resist the blandishments of social Washington, stayed mostly at home (their only outing: a preview of a film on the life of Mahatma Gandhi), but during the week the President asked some more Congressmen to lunch. To their utter surprise, House Democrats were included in the guest list, and the White House announced that eventually every Democrat as well as every Republican in Congress (and Maverick Wayne Morse too) would be invited to one of the frequent luncheons...
...High Commissioner pledged the United States to resist any Communist Berlin. "The new administration in Washington will not abandon Berlin. We shall continue to fulfill our duties and maintain our rights," he said...