French Minister's Defence Of Western Bloc
Reeeived Friday, .940 p.m. LONDON, March 12. Winding up the foreign affairs debate 1 11 the Frencii Xationai Assemb.lv lasi night, the Foreign Minister (M. Bidault), dealing with the aeeusation ihat the western bloc vv.as being set up against other nations of the Oontineni, suici, aeeording to the Times 's Paris i-orrespondent, that there existed a*. present 15 treaiics of mutual assistance in Central and Eastern EUrope. "\\esieru Europe," he added, "in the service of frcedom had the right to do whahad been do'ne elsewhere — not against mu like olhers. " The cliaracteristies of ihe recent developments in Rumania, Bulgaria, Hungary, J'oland and Czecho slovakia were e.xtremely similar and, --aid M. Bidauit: " We don.'t like them." There was no lime to be lu.-; t in constituting wliat was left- of Europe. The Government 's poliey was ap ])roved by 419 votes to lS.'L
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Chronicle (Levin), 13 March 1948, Page 5
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