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This article offers world news briefs. The U.S., Great Britain, and France conferred about a response to Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Nikita Khrushchev's block of access to Berlin, Germany. U.S. Chairman of the Democratic National Committee Paul R. Butler recommended Los Angeles, California as the site of the 1960 Democratic Convention. Additionally, U.S. relations with Communist China are discussed.

This article discusses the destruction of Hitlerism, its meaning, and what is to follow. Rumors surrounding cooperation between the governments of Great Britain and France to end the war and render it impossible for Germany to fight are discussed. Additionally, important changes have taken place in Italy's foreign policy.

Presents the author's views on England's defenses and her international outlook in the face of World War II. Discussion that along the entire eastern coast of Great Britain the navy is laying down a permanent and continuous mine field; Comment on the foreign and diplomatic relation between Great Britain and France; Argument pertaining to the Fabian strategies of Great Britain, which, according to the author, turn the war into a trial of endurance; War threat by leader of Communist Party in Soviet Union Joseph Stalin to Rumania and Turkey.

Discusses that the French are opposed to the outlawing of the submarine. Argument of France that the submarine, if used under a humane code of naval warfare, is just as legitimate a weapon as the capital ship; Reason of Englishmen to denounce the French plans of submarine development; differences between the two nations in respect to the collection of the indemnity; Fear of the British about French submarines and military power; Argument that the political party now in power in France is likely to draw African forces for her defense; View that French submarine policy is aimed against England.

The article comments on the decision of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower to call Great Britain, France and the U.S. together in Bermuda. The meeting is considered necessary to halt the drift and division that threaten the free nations. To Bermuda, Sir Winston Churchill will bring a firm basis for Western policy toward Russia and China, a grasp of the use and limits of diplomacy and the will and authority to govern the country that elected him as its leader. The trouble is, as Churchill well knows, that neither Eisenhower nor the spokesman for France (whoever he may be) meet these tests.

Examines the impact of the Entente Cordiale agreement between Great Britain and France in April 1904 on the relations among great powers in Europe. Reason of Great Britain for forging the agreement with France; Historical enmity between France and Great Britain; Officials in the British Foreign Office who eagerly sought the agreement; Reaction of Germany to the agreement; Contention that the agreement is a major cause of World War I.

Discusses French President Charles de Gaulle's reasons for vetoing Great Britain's admission to the European Economic Community (EEC). Political relationship between France and Great Britain; Background on De Gaulle's distrust of the British; Impact of a denial of nuclear cooperation agreement with Great Britain on De Gaulle's decision to exclude it from EEC; Importance of strong ties with Soviet Union to France.

Assesses the possible impact of the British entry into the European Common Market on the European Community. Importance of mutual trust and friendship among member countries for the community to improve; Efforts of Great Britain to be admitted to the Common Market; Fears of France concerning the British entry; Benefit of the British entry for the U.S.

Comments on the consequences of Germany's invasion of Denmark and Norway during World War II. Use of Norway's territorial waters to keep out of the way of the British Navy; Criticism against the totalitarian methods imposed by the Allies and Germany; Changes in the foreign policies of Great Britain and France; Question on the preparedness of the British navy; Concern over the possible extension of German domination to Sweden.

Focuses on the signature of the alliance between Turkey on the one hand and Great Britain and France on the other. Information that the treaty is a victory for Great Britain and France; The Soviet government has issued a defiant statement to prove it has lost nothing, which makes one suspicious that it believes it has; Discussion of the main text of the treaty that reveals the cause for these attitudes; Statement that Turkey agrees to help France and Great Britain in any hostilities in the Mediterranean area caused by an act of aggression by any European power; Report that Turkey also agrees to consult, and at the least to maintain benevolent neutrality, in the case of any other aggression against France or Great Britain by a European power; Statement that Turkey will consult, too, in the case of aggression against any other European nation guaranteed by France or Great Britain, or against any nation not guaranteed, if any of the contracting parties believes such aggression a menace to itself; Effect of the treaty on Germany; Obligation under taken by Turkey in virtue of the treaty cannot compel that country to take action having as its effect or involving as its consequence entry into armed conflict with the Soviet Union.

Discusses the submarine policy of France, which is opposed by Great Britain. Fight of the British government to abolish submarines; Argument against the French classification of the submarine; Threat to the British security due to the demand for a large submarine tonnage by France; Analysis that if Great Britain were involved in a war with France, she would have the right under her recent practice to seal the whole of the Continent against imports to France and to supervise the commerce of any neutral which traded with France; View that the French demand for submarines is the appropriate military retort to the British right entirely to destroy the over-sea trade of a European enemy; Argument that the Washington Conference will not be able to reach an agreement about the limitation or abolition of submarines.

The article focuses on the dispute between West Germany and the governments of great Britain and France over financial supports. It states that West German Defense Minister Franz Josef Strauss refused to pay its bill in 1958 for Great Britain, insisting that the money is needed for establishing their own defense forces. It says that Strauss also warned that France will also get no money from them, despite the intervention of North Atlantic Organization (NATO) Secretary General Paul-Henri Spaak.

Focuses on several political developments related to Spain. Action taken by Spanish Prime Minister Senor Negrin to improve Spain's foreign relations with Great Britain and France; Steps taken by him to safeguard his government's position in the country; Information that the International Brigade played a vital part in the defense of Madrid, Spain; Result of the departure of the International Brigade from Spain.

The editorial focuses on the strengthening of the military alliance between Great Britain and France against the threat posed by Nazi Germany and its Axis allies in Europe. Doubts on the commitment of Great Britain in case of a German aggression towards Czechoslovakia or France; Claim of the author that the policy of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain successfully isolated Germany; Assistance that Adolf Hitler can offer to Italian dictator Benito Mussolini to preserve the Rome-Berlin axis; Negative outlook by the author on the status of the balance of power in Europe due to existing conflict of interest among nations.

Discusses the diplomatic and political alignments in Europe. Fall of Bilbao to rebel forces under German and Italian aid; Executions of several top brass of the Soviet Red Army; Resumption of the blockade of Germany and Italy on Spain; Assertion of the author that Great Britain is considering a four-power Western European pact involving France, Germany, Italy, with the Soviet Union left out; Conflict of interest between the British interests and Mussolini's ambitions; Vulnerability of Great Britain from German aerial attack and that cooperation with France and the Soviet Union is the only safeguard; Seriousness of the French financial crisis.

This article considers how members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are currently disunited in meeting the threat posed by the Soviet Union as of August 5, 1983. Specifically, the article shows that the U.S. Great Britain, France, and particularly Germany, do not really agree on the nature of the Soviet threat as well as on strategic goals, tactical methods, and on the kind of action required of each member. The author particularly points to West Germany's foreign policy as the real problem to the alliance's unity.

Focuses on the foreign relations of the French and British with the U.S. Causes of the general European war; Strategy of the French to line up against Germany in self-defense; Prohibition of loans to nations in default on war debts.

Focuses on the move of the United States to fill the power vacuum in the Middle East when Great Britain and France agreed to withdraw their forces together with Israel to open the Suez Canal which was nationalized by Egyptian leader Gamal Abdul Nasser. Humiliation experience by Great Britain and France in their decision to withdraw their forces from Egypt; Reaction of the public in Great Britain to the war in Egypt; Description of the session of the British Parliament to tackle the issue of withdrawal; Importance of the Middle East to the security of Western Europe; Foreign policy doctrine being laid out by the U.S. for the Middle East to replace Great Britain and France.