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All who know communist beliefs, aims and tactics, know that they
are cormnitted to waging this war, by propaganda, by infiltration and
fifth-column tactics, by sabotage and guerilla warfare -- and, when
necessary, finally by open all-out nuclear war. The Soviet Union
maintains a very huge standing army. The Soviet Union competes on a
virtual parity with the U.S.A., as the world's two superpowers in
military strength.
And the Europeans are right on their border. They know how
cormnunism did prove the "domino theory" correct in Viet Nam. They
not only continued on from North Viet Nam to conquer South Viet Nam
even with full U.S.A. participation with its military force -- but
then quickly Cambodia and Laos fell. And, next in the "domino fall
down" is to come Thailand, Burma, Malasia. Singapore a few years ago
successfully stopped a threatened communist take-over -- but now they
are in the "domino" orbit.
The Europeans are far more disturbed about their safety in relying
on United States military power to protect them than Americans realize!
The United States is not loved in Europe. European confidence in U.S.
protection against theI'r next-door communist neighbor has been lessening
and lessening.
EUROPEANS WANT THEIR OWN UNITED MILITARY POWER! They know that
a political union of Europe would produce a THIRD MAJOR WORLD POWER,
as strong as either the U.S. or the u.s.S.R. -- possibly stronger!
They have made a real effort toward union, in the Cormnon Market.
It has made them economically strong. United they could become
stronger economically than the United States. The dollar continues
dropping in European and Japanese markets -- and especially the German
MARK has soared stronger and stronger!
But they well know there is but ONE POSSIBILITY of union in Europe
and that is through the Vatican.
Two leaders in Europe produced, a few years ago, two different
plans for union. The former Archduke Otto von Hapsburg of Austria,
and the "strong man of Europe," Dr. Franz-Josef Strauss of Munich. I
know the latter well. He has been a dinner guest in my home.
Five years ago I felt, personally,that the more likely plan that
might come to fruition was that of the former Archduke of Hapsburg,
but the most likely man to HEAD such a union was Franz-Josef Strauss.
However, we all become a year older every year, and there has been so
much delay that a younger man may now head up such a European union.
As I said before, when Pope John XXIII was in process of election,
I felt that the Pope elected might be the one who would make available
hJ.s good offices to help political leaders of Europe bring about their
hoped for union. But at once it became evident that Pope John had
other ideas. He started the Ecumenical Movement, to bring about a
different kind of union -- a Church union between Protestants, Eastern
Orthodox Catholics, and the Roman Catholics.
Then fifteen years ago, I thought Pope Paul might be the one to
lead in this European political union. But the resurrection of the
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