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5. Turned Formosa over to the strong Peking government.
FOREIGN NEWS
Europe
28. Led by the British, a big majority in the Council of Europe's Consultative Assembly voted late in November to:
1. Disband the Council until U.N. victory in Korea.
2. Form a tight union of Western Europe.
3. Develop intergovernmental "specialized agencies" in slow moves toward European unity.
4. Fight Russia now.
5. Quit the U.N.
29. For the first time in 400 years the border between Scotland and England was closed because of:
1. English complaints against errant bagpipers.
2. Riots by Scottish nationalists.
3. A border clash between Scottish highlanders and Yorkshire lowlanders.
4. The theft of the Stone of Destiny from Westminster Abbey.
5. The Scots' rejection of British austerity food programs.
30. Overshadowing all issues in autumn German elections was:
1. Inflation.
2. Unification of East and West Germany.
3. Germany's entrance into the U.N.
4. Rearmament.
5. The declining quality of apple strudel.
31. In Paris, cabinet ministers and generals of the Supreme War Council decided to wage full-scale war against Ho Chi Minh's Communists by doing all but one of these:
1. Granting Indo-China complete independence.
2. Sending 50,000 more troops.
3. Sending more tanks and guns.
4. Sending more warships.
5. Appealing to the U.S. to speed up military-aid airplanes.
32. And to gain help in this struggle, this Frenchman:
1. Negotiated a loan of £1,000,000 from Britain.
2. Arranged to hire New Zealand mercenaries.
3. Flew to Washington for conferences with Truman.
4. Began drafting troops from Timbuktu.
5. Asked leading couturiers to design a new French uniform as a morale booster.
33. Death came recently to this beloved monarch of:
1. Norway.
2. Denmark.
3. Finland.
4. Sweden.
5. Luxembourg.
34. Heartening evidence that Britons had come a long way toward economic recovery was the announcement by Economic Czar Hugh Gaitskell that:
1. Exports now equal imports.
2. ECA aid to Britain would suspend Jan. 1.
3. Pub-crawling had increased tenfold.
4. The pound sterling would be revalued upward to $4.01.
5. The U.K. was now self-sufficient in food.
35. Returning from his three-week dash through 12 European capitals, General Eisenhower drove home all but one of these points:
1. Europe would do its part in the defense of a free world.
2. Germany must be treated as an equal before her soldiers could be effectively used.
3. The U.S. must send masses of troops to defend Europe.
4. Equipment should be the major U.S. contribution to Europe.
5. U.S. self-interest demanded that we help defend Europe.
The Far East
36. Providing the government revised its tax system, eliminated official graft and corruption, and took several other remedial measures, the mission headed by Daniel W. Bell recommended that the U.S. lend $250 million to:
1 . Pakistan.
2. India.
3. Japan.
4. Indonesia.
5. The Philippines.