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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, JANUARY 15, 1982
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What we are witnessing is the generation gap in full bloom on both sides of
the Atlantic. On the Eastern shore, youthful Europeans are unaware of the
importance of America's commitment to their freedom and security. On the
Western shore, a "new crop" of U.S. legislators has grown to adulthood
without realizing how critical a free, allied Europe is to the very surviv
ability of America itself.
The upshot of this all-important trend is simply this: Without America,
Western Europe, standing alone before the soviet abyss, will have to arm
itself, will have to become a nuclear "third force" on its own. Or as
another pI'e'ce�the WALL STREET JOURNAL commented: "Europeai,peace may
someday require European self-policing."
--Gene H. Hogberg, News Bureau