French Turnabout.

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  • Author(s): Schoenburn, David
  • Source:
    New Republic. 7/14/47, Vol. 117 Issue 2, p11-12. 2p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      INTERNATIONAL relations; ECONOMIC demand; LOANS; CONSUMER goods; PRODUCTION (Economic theory); COMMUNISM
    • Subject Terms:
      EUROPE; FRANCEReport Available
    • Abstract:
      Presents the viewpoint of Foreign Minister Georges Bidault regarding French foreign policy. Claims that the French government is faced by a desperate financial and economic situation; Report that American loan has been spent for consumer goods, mainly food, instead of for production goods and capital equipment; Information about the non-Communist coalition; Pressure on Bidault from the Democratic Party chiefs; Reasons behind the splitting of the Communists and left-wing Socialists; Impact of Marshall plan on the imagination of Europeans; Report that a united Europe is an unreal fantasy just as long as the power struggle continues between the U.S. and Soviet Union.