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...Excess of Hopes. At the time of Khrushchev's toothache snub of Harold Macmillan (TIME, March 9), worried British officials made it plain in press briefings that Khrushchev was not interested at all in German reunification, and barely curious about British talk of reducing troop strength in Europe. But ever since then, Harold Macmillan has floated one trial balloon after another about what arms bargains might be struck with the Russians. And when these notions have been shot down by Britain's partners, much of the British press has reacted as if Macmillan and Khrushchev had a workable...
...Troop Data Sought...
...information sought was mostly military--troop movements and supply locations. "Toward the very end of the war," he recalls, "the rumor has been received that Hitler was planning a last redoubt in the Austrian Mountains, but it was pretty much dismissed...
Much of the original fog of concession talk had in fact swirled up behind Britain's Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, as he journeyed from Moscow to Paris to Bonn to Washington last month, trailing anonymous spokesmen who talked about recasting the situation, making a start on troop reductions in Germany, etc. Macmillan, by his record no soft-liner, had nonetheless stirred worries about appeasement among other NATO members...
Stroessner thought the power balance through, and on the day that Congress reconvened last week, he put on a civilian suit, rode in an open blue convertible escorted by plumed lancers down troop-lined streets to the Congress building, to make his yearly state-of-the-nation speech. There he announced his "aim of perfecting a durable, democratic regime." He said the government would introduce bills to lift the state of siege, proclaim a general political amnesty, lift restrictions on freedom of expression, adopt a new constitution...