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    "ocrText": "--6\ntoday, almost five months after the beginning of hostilities in Korea.\n\"It is sufficient to recall the general excitement of those first weeks of\nwar in Korea and the generally expressed agreement that the West should arm and\nthat the Atlantic Union, in particular, must be rapidly strengthened in order to\nmeet the threat from the East. Well, what is the position today? There is at\npresent in the United States and Britain something of a movement in favor of re-\narmament, although this may be insufficient. Western Europe, however, is\ncharacterized by complete paralysis and tragic confusion, which has been expressed\nparticularly clearly in the inability of the Atlantic Union to reach any concrete\ndecisions. We fear all manner of things. Britain and France are afraid that Asia\nmay distract United States attention at the cost of weakening Europe; there also\nare doubts as to whether we are not being too firm toward Russia and China, while\nEurope remains hesitant and criticizes America for the inconstancy of her policy.\n\"If we lack constancy in our policy, it is because Europe presents a picture\nof confusion, timidity, and hesitation in a situation which demands dynamic and\nbold decisions. In other words, we are just chasing each other in a vicious\ncircle. This problem has become particularly acute in France. The French con-\nsider that our policy is too firm. We, on the other hand, consider that their\npolicy is not firm enough. As for Britain, we have hitherto been unable to say\nthat she refuses to rearm or pursue a bold anti-Communist policy. One can however\njustifiably criticize British policy, but on the grounds of the general problem of\nEuropean unity. The fact that Britain is merely straggling along behind, as\nPaul Reynaud said, cannot be denied. One of her principal arguments draws us into\nanother vicious circle. The British do not trust the French and the French\nmaintain that Europe cannot be strong without imposing weightier obligations on\nthe British.\n\"The more one analyzes the situation, the clearer it becomes that France holds\nthe keys to European policy. It is, however, also perfectly clear that France\nneither wishes to open or close the door with these keys. Her tragedy is in-\ndecision resulting in inactivity or, at best, in the search for a third solution.\nFor this reason the main task of United States foreign policy must be to assure\nand convince France of the fact that our policy is the only one worthy of being\npursued.\""
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