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£ . Twisting the lion’s" tail, or
E poking Great Britain’s pride,
£ has' long been popular among
E American leaders and writers.
E The sport had seeme'd out of
E vogue in recent years as the
S United States helped the Brit
£ ish recover economically from
£ World War II and watched as
E she trimmed away a long*
E standing empire.
E ' Deliberately or not, however,
£ former Secretary of State Dean
s Acheson did; some tail twist-
E ing in a speech analyzing “The
~ Political and Economic Strands
£ in Our Atlantic Alliance" be
£ fore the 14th Student Confer
~ ence on United States Affairs
g at the U.S. Military-Academy
g at West Point, N.Y., on Dec. 5.
g .The former fop man in tha
g State Department undiplomat
£ ically assessed the independent
s role of Great Britain as “about
-played out." We student con
£ ferees 'were hardly aware the
£ one keynote speaker would
E draw international > comment
even with, that remark,
g - Not being educated ‘as wa
£ think, we had casually forgot*.
E ten that this man. is still a
E prominent policy adviser
£. speaking from a public plat-
E form,, not a professor lecturing
E in: the comparative freedom of
£ his. classroom. . ..
£. -In what context did Ache
£-- son’s' remarks .occur? What
E other parts of his speech raised
E eyebrows in Washington and in
£ other North Atlantic Treaty
£ • Organization capitals? . /
E ' - Quality of Alliance
‘ E Acheson began by discussing
£ the reaction of our allies, to
£ President Kennedy’s annourice
-5 ment’ of the quarantine of
•E" Cuba:; "Our alliances, appeared
£ to be not only good* but of a
£ different texture and quality
E -from the good will of "peoples
~ and governments who. were
§ committed , to nothing." This
£ point has been refuted, how-
E ever, by columnist Joseph
g .Alsop,' who'claims that “the
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Western Alliance is in a shock
ing mess."
Alsop cites as examples the
Skybolt affair and the “un-.
healthy symptoms" of a break
down. of inter-allied confi
dence" at the recent NATO
meetings. The columnist’s opin
ions have been supported by
other noted newsmen both here
and in Europe.
Looking at the political scene,
optimistic and pessimistic
Acheson . examined both the
views in each power camp..
Thus he approached The Para-.
graph which aroused such ire
in Europe:.
‘‘Great Britain has lost an
empire and has not yet found
a role. The attempt to play a
separate power role that is,
a role apart from Europe, a role
based' on • a ‘special relation
ship’ with the United States,
a role based on being the head
of a ‘commonwealth’. which
has no political structure, or
unity, or strength .. .-—this role
is about played out. Great
Britain, attempting to work
alone and to be a broker be
tween the United States and
Russia, has seemed to conduct
a policy as weak as its military
power. Her Majesty’s Govern
ment is now attempting ... to
re-enter • Europe, from which
It was banished at the time
of the Plantagenets, and the
battle seems about as hard
fought as were those, of an
earlier day.”
As I look at my. notes,-this -
section is’-set-aside but little
did I know at that point what
would follow: . -
• British Prime .Minister
Harold. Macmillan as quoted
in Time magazine, said Ache
son had ‘‘fallen into . an. error
which has been made by quite
a lot of people, in the course of
the last 400 years, including
Philip of Bpain, Louis XIV,
Napoleon, the Kaiser and Hit
ler,"
• U.S. newspaper, and letter
writers found both praise and
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blame for the speech. One £
Washingtonian wrote that “those 5
who love England and admire 5
its people have an obligation £
to speak the truth as they see £
it; Mr. Acheson’s present criti- 5
cism is directed primarily S
against a reactionary state of
mind which will make future £
merit - and achievement diffi- E
cult, if not totally impossible."
Another said that the United Sj
States should start helping its £
true friends instead of bolster’- E
ing West German Chancelor. S-
Konrad Adenauer, "who has £
been on the opposite side in js
two world wars. E
'English' Acheson S
• The Manchester Guardian £
commented that “a former E
Secretary of State who looks £
like an Englishman, but who £
happens to be a foreigner, voiced £
opinions whi c h' Englishmen E
only admit in the privacy of S
their clubs." £
• And in the weeks to fol- £
low, Britons and Americans 5
engaged in much soul searching E
and diplomatic maneuvering £
over the fate of the Skybolt £
missile project and Britain’s E
-position of prominence In the 5
Atlantic Community. . £
. This speech also hit the crea- £
ture (NATO) Acheson helped to E
build-when he said that “the E
weakness in the allied position £
lies not in doubt that the E
United States will act, if nec- 5
essary, - but in that lacking E
agreement on political purposes £
.and courses of action, the al- £
liance may be an actual im- 5
pediment to action." . £
- Acheson's analysis of current
Atlantic political power pi ay s
reflect a growing feeling in the E
United States that because the -
main business today is securing £
freedom in the “free” world E
and keeping that sphere from S
shrinking, our allies can go E
their- way or play by our rules. £
Acknowledgement that the £
United States will compete in E
-only one game at a time comes E
hard to the'fields of Eton. £
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