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research and dcvelopmenr is in rhe
near offing. Joseph
C.
Harsch of che
Christian Science Monitor
pues che
wholc rechnology issue in irs propcr
perspecrivc:
'·Obviously, rhc weapons agree–
ment would be a milirary disasrer for
rhc Unired Sraces if rhe Russians uscd
rhe ncxr five years ro go ahead in
weaponry wh ile rhc United Scares dicl
norhing or lirrle. Bur rhe Unirecl
Srares will have rhe besr of rhc bar–
gain if five years from now ir has kept
PLAIN TRUTH August 1972
che advanrage ir has now by conrin–
uing ro move ahead in quality."
The quesrion is, will che U.S.A. de–
termine
ro
kecp rhar advantage?
Temporary Peace
This age, which has experienced
more than
50
major conOicrs since rhe
Second World \'<lar, is experiencing a
remporary but highl)' illusory peace.
Thc "ncw relarionship" bcrween
che Soviets and rhe Americans means
rhar inrernarional relarions will per–
haps, for rhe nexr rwo ro rhree years,
shifr our of
che
icy cold-war armo–
sphere inro rhe avenucs of more das–
sic inrernarional diplomacy.
The focus of world affairs will con–
sequen
ti
y and sreadily shifr back ro
Europc from Asia, wirh rhe exceprion
of rhe growing role played by Japan.
Immediarely afrer rhe Moscow
Summir, ralk was rcvived of early
hopes for convening rhe much-dis–
cusscd "European Sccuriry Confer–
ence," a Soviet dream for nearly rwo
dccades ro solidify chcir hold on Easr–
ern Europe and exp:md rheir influ–
ence in rhe Wesr. Wirh rhe Wesr
Gcrman government's rarificarion of
i rs nonaggression trearies wirh Poland
and the Soviet Union, che ncw Four–
Powcr Agr<.'Cmenr on Berlín, and now
rhe Moscow Summit agreemenrs, rhc
rrend coward an Easc-Wese dercnre in
Europe is definirely a diplomaric wave
of rhc fumre.
Fruscrared Europe
The Moscow Summ it had a
protound impacr upon rhe narions in
W<.>srern Europe. While ducifully ap–
plauding any moves roward a relaxa–
cion of rensions becween Washingron
and Moscow, che mose general crue
reacrion among inOucnrial lcaders of
Wesccrn Europe coward che Summit
was one of polirical frusrrarion.
The polirical weakncss of \'V'esrern
Europe was again poinredly displayed.
Agenrs of rhe rwo superpowers nego–
ciared over the heads of rhe Europeans
in accempring ro achicve whar one
observer called "a more srable and se–
cure balance of terror."
The fac t remains, said one source.
·'chat Europe cannor determine ics fu–
cure for irself."
One of Europe's mosc promi nent
staresmen, Belgium's Paui-Henri
Spaak, commenced on rhe
ixon
visir: "What is obvious is rhar Europe
is more and more absenr from rhe in–
rernarional scene. This means rhac ics
fu cure mighr be derermined onc day
withour her having anyrhing ro say
about ic."
The Moscow Summic may well
provide che ímpetus for \'V'esrern
Europe ro makc derermined c!Torrs ro
achicve uniry and rcnew irs srrcngrh
in rhe economic, policical and defense
fields.
The ChaJlenge of Our Age
As che world heads inro a new
rime of uncerraincy, ir is cerrain rhar
rhe Unired Scares. as ir concludes rhe
second cenrury of irs narionhood, will
be meeting rhc mosr severe cha llengc
ever to its world posirion.
The challenge will come from all
fields, norably milicarily and idcolog–
ically from rhe Soviet Union, and in–
creasingly in rhe economic ficld from
Wesrern Europe and Japan.
Gcrmany's "[ron Chancellor" Bis–
marck, a balance-of-power acrivist in
his heyday of power a cencury ago,
looked somewhar enviously ac che
wealth and growing power of che
Uniccd Scarcs, and irs "splendid isola–
rion" from che rurmoil of che Euro–
pean scene. In one rarher crypric
obscrvarion, he proclaimed rhac "God
looks over drunkards, infancs
and
rhe Uniced Srares of America."
Dcspire chis sarcasm. Bismarck
wasn't far from rhe trurh.
Long-time readers of rhis magazine
have known rhac Americans rruly
co11ld,
if chcy
only
undersrood rheir
nacional herirage, rely upon Almighry
God for rhcir nacional prorecrion.
Our free book
The United States
and British Gommomuealth in Prophec)'
explains how che United Srares ac–
quircd ics fabulous wealch and power
- and why rhis posicion is now
chrearcned as never befare. •
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