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menes. As one EEC official stared ro
chis wrirer: "We represenr coopera–
rion wirhour dependency.''
While chis rcflccrs what rhe Com–
mon Marker has done up ro chis
poinr, ir does nor provide for rhe fu–
cure in a world dominared by rnilirary
mighr where ·'peace" is only ren–
uously rnainrained by balances of
power.
The Rorne Trcary itself is very gen–
erally wordcd and does not go inro
rhe quesrion of defense. In facr, wirh
rhe completion of rhe cusroms union
and che comrnon agriculrure policy,
rhe Treary of Rorne is, ro a large ex–
rene, fulfilled. Neverrheless, ir has ser
up institurions so thar che Commu–
nity mighr -
a~
one wrirer srared -
··go on inventing irself.'" French De–
fense Miniscer Michel Debre nored
rhat rhe Communiry musr conrinue
roward intcgration if ir is nor ro
wirher away. I r has no choice. To sur–
vive
ir
muse become a supersrare.
The foundation has been laid. The
framework, rhe insrirurions, che chao–
neis of communicarion, rhe man–
power - all are rhcrc. The single lack
is rhe crucial spark of life - rhe vital
ingredienr of a
politicaf
wifl.
lt
is rhar
intangible subsrance Churchill re–
ferred ro so vividly as rhar ·'spasm of
resolve·· - rhe inrangible yet real
force rhat would rransform a group of
men inro a strong goveming body.
Unforrunarely when such decisions
are noc raken in ti mes of peace, rhey
muse
come abour in rimes of crisis
when judgmenr is ofrcn deficienr.
Crises in
All
Spheres
Righr now, che Si x (wirh rhe four
candidate narions as well) are moving
roward one or more summir confcr–
ences of viral imporrance. There rhe
heads of goveromem will garher ro
resolve major problems now facing
rhe European Economic Community.
These include:
(1)
rhe process of en–
largemenr; (2) rhc solving of interna!
problems of member srares; (3) rhc
complerion of economic and mone–
rary union; and (4) che need for uni–
fied defensc and foreign policies.
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Defense c¡uesrions raise rhc vcry
rouchy problem of armies and nuclear
weapons. Onc rnember of rhe nine–
man EEC Execurive Commission,
Jean Francois Deniau, wrorc in
Le
Monde:
--To envisage a European (de–
fense) conrriburion which will be
only che classic army, wirh rhe nu–
clear power rernaining wirh rhe
Unired Stares onl y, is an outlook rhar
has already bcen condemned. Bur co
envisage a European aromic weapon
would creare more problems rhan we
could hope ro solve."'
Yer these various issues
mu~t
be
solved.
The Míddle East
Enigma
One crucial problem Europe will
have ro face is rhe Middle Easr - vi–
ral ro all Europe for rhe oi l which
keeps
che
whecls of indusrry rolling.
Russia's milicary presence in rhc Mcd–
irerranean and her polirical influcnce
in che Arab world will cerrainly have
ro
be
counrered, lesr oil be cur ofT ar
Russia's will.
Libya's narionalizarion of rhe Brir–
ish Perroleum Company was sccn
here in Europc as a precedenr-serring
política! movc. Iraq broke ofT diplo–
maóc relarions wirh Bri tain because
of rhe laner's failure ro hale lranian
rroops from raking over rhree srrare–
gically importanr Arab islands in rhe
Persian Gulf.
And in Cairo, ir was hinred rhat
rhe Arabs mighr currail rheir oil pro–
ducóon "in order ro harass West
Europe's and America's economy."
While rhc U. S. receives only sorne
4% of irs oil resources from che
Middle Easr, Wesrern Europe rcceives
over 85% of her oil resources from che
Middle Easc and
orrh Africa! By
1975, che EEC Commission expecced
char figure ro go ro
92~ !
This wrircr asked Herr Paul B:Yhr,
a membcr of che Spokesman Group
of che EEC coveri ng foreign aflitirs,
whar would happen if rhe Arab
nacions severed Europe's oil supply
or if rhar supply were cut off be–
cause of war in rhe :\fiddle Easr.
He replied unequivocally. ··wc
would be lose!"
"A Spasm of Resolve!"
Ar sorne poinr in rhe ncar fucure,
che
European Economic Communiry
is going ro
be
forced ro make a gigan–
ric !unge forward . Ir will have ro
override che problems of individual
nacional intereses while proteccing che
overall prosperiry of Wesrern Europe.
Ir will have ro solve che problem
of defense in rhe presence of NATO.
The Unired rares monopoly on nu–
clear arms wirhin rhar organizarion
cannor be ignored. To do so, ir will
have ro move wirh a swifrness and
assurance rhar wi ll smn rhe world.
The New }'ork Times
summed ic up:
"How rapidly aH rhese will evolve
inro a rrue Uniced Srares of Europe
cannor be predicred, exccpr rhac rhc
new enricy is likely ro surprise rhe
world by irs leadership and by irs
speed more rhan by irs delays."
The world is raking licrle nore of
che Europ<.-an
.rupergiant.
Bur
The
PLAIN
TRUTH darcs ro
predicr rhar che resr of che world will
stand in awe in che noc too disrant
furure as a gianc economic, pol irical,
milirary and rcligious
union
is (Jna lly
boro! Ir will
be
composed of ren na–
rions or blocs of narions - bur nor
necessarily rhe presenr ten.
1t
will lasr
for only a shon rime. What powers ir
will exercise during rhat brief period
will asround rhe world. Thesc evenrs
will clímax in rhe crisis ar che close of
human civilizarion when rhe wonder–
ful World Tomorrow will be boro.
Thar will be che dawn of a new day
- eclipsing everyrhing man has ar–
rempred ro achieve in 6.000 years of
human misrulc! •
Now you
oo
read about the
European Commoo Markec"s futurc
impact on Bnrain aod
hcr
pos~iblc
part 1n it . Also lind out how thc
burgconing European Commu·
nity will alfeet rhe Un ired Statcs
in fururc yca rs. You can karn ;t ll
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PLAIN TRUTH August 1972