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PASTOR'S REPORT, May 29, 1979
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"To The Borders of Russia"
The concept of a greater, historic, "Christian" Europe is also very much
the thinking of Dr. Von Habsburg. The oldest son of the last Austrian
chancellor was interviewed in the February 19, 1979 issue of der Spiegel.
Here are the key excerpts:
"Spiegel: Nevertheless you are going to be the only Austrian in Strass
burg.
"Habsburg: ...please, this is going to sound very conceited now, and I do
not want to be understood that way, but naturally one has to, if one wants
to be a Europe-parliamentarian, to stand up for all of Europe.
"Spiegel: Not only for the Europe of the Nine?
"Habsburg: No, absolutely not. The Europe of the Nine is a starting
point. Just like the Italian unification in the 19th century started with
part of a state, Piedmont, so shall the greater Europe evolve later from
this Europe of the nine.
"Spiegel: Up to the Ural (mountains)?
"Habsburg: No, never.
I have always been against the Urals, because I
have always been of the opinion that Russia is a different continent.
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reference to DeGaulle, who preached of a Europe from the Atlantic to the
Ural_§.7.
"Spiegel: Where, then, does your Euorpe end?
"Habsburg:
It extends to the borders of Russia.
"Spiegel: Does that mean that you intend to expel the Soviets from
Eastern Europe?
"Habsburg: That means, that we have a feeling of solidarity for the
Europeans on the other side of the Yalta line, that we have to stand up for
the right of self-determination of these Europeans with all peaceful means.
It is for us an unbearable thought that decolonization is applicable
exclusively for Africa and Asia and not also for Europe."
--Gene H. Hogsberg, News Bureau