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OCR Page 1 of 7Seventeenth August, 1951
BRITISH AND EUROPEAN REPORT
INTRODUCTION
This report does not pretend to impart any startling news. It may only confirm
what is already known or suspected. Whatever value it may have is based on the fact
that it is the report of one person and represents his impressions gleaned from the
most intimate, "off-the-record" discussions with men on the highest levels of poli-
tics and business, and from ordinary men and women of all types of interests in every
corner of great Britain. Shortness of time, together with personal and public af-
fairs, precluded my going to the Continent on this trip. However, I was particularly
fortunate to have talked at length with many important and official persons who ree
informed opinions I had entertained on my previous visit last year. As comments on
Continental matters are, in this report, second-hand, I have concentrated on what I
have experienced personally.
SERVICES
RECORDIAND
GENERAL
The general attitude of the British people toward the world situation is one of
considerable but controlled apprehension. They do not sense any immediate danger, but
their fear of what the future may hold, while stimulating their concern for self-
preservation (political as well as human), tends to modify the vitality of their long-
range plans - personal, political and industrial. The continuous strain and frustra-
tions of international events, the tenuous dependency of the economy and a full
awareness of national vulnerability affects the thinking of the British public. Al-
though they are working hard, less than satisfactory nourishment is another factor de-
tracting from the energetic confidence and "sense of mission" we are historically
wont to expect from them.
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