INTERNATIONAL: Raised to the Fourth Power

The Big Three became a Big Four last week, and France became one of Europe's four ruling powers. Simultaneously, Washington, London and Moscow announced that France had been added to the European Advisory Commission (the U.S., Britain, Russia) established a year ago to consider "the treatment to be accorded [Germany]." Said the Big Three: "Conscious ... of the part France will inevitably play in maintaining the future peace of Europe . . . the Provisional Government of the French Republic [is invited] to full [E.A.C.] membership." (Russia's Ambassador to France, Alexander E....

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