English Translation of Speech by Prime Minister of France Rene Pleven to the National Assembly
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OCR Page 1 of 9October 24, 1950.
French delivered by M. René Pleven,
French Prime Minister, to the National Assembly.
The ideal of collective security has just won a
victory in Kores, a vickory which sets a historic evolution
in the efforts of the free nations to create throughout the
world conditions of security to discourage any intent of
aggression. The nations which have signed the Atlantic
Pact wanted to forge the instrument of this security for the
area covered by the Pact. During the last months they have
made unprecedented progress in the definition of their
conception of a common defense and begun to implement it during
their recent meetings in New York.
The suggestions of the government represented
by M. Robert Schuman, Minister of Foreign Affairs, M. Jules
Moch, Minister of National Defense and M. Maurice Petsche,
Minister of Finance, have been widely retained by the
signatories of the North Atlantic Pact. The associated
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community against any possible aggression along a line
situated as far east as possible. They have decided to
increase the forces stationed in Europe. To this end they
have agreed that all these forces, whatever their
nationality, would be placed under the command of a
single head. Finally special agreements have been
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