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H~M STANDARD TERMS~ THE GREAT IMPORTANCE OF EUROPEAN UNITY• HE REFERRED TO HIS OWN BOOK, WHICH IS COMING OUT IN GERMANY IN SEPTEMBER, AND WHICH MAKES · A STRONG PLEA FOR EUROPEAN UNITY, HE SAlD THAT EUROPE, IF · IT IS TO PLAY ANY KIND · OF ROLE IN THE WORLD ECONOMICALLY AND POLlTlCALLY~ MUST UNITEo HE ADDED THAT 1 ALTHOUGH HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A FOLLOWER OF A GREAT MANY OF OE GAUL~E'S 
POL :ICIES, HE PARTS ' COMPANY WITH DE GAULLE ON TWO FUNDAMENTAL POINTS1 (A) HIS FLIRTATION WITH THE SOVIET UNION, BASED ON A NAIVE ASSUMPTION THAT FRANCE CAN COMPETE WITH THE USSR ON EQUAL TERMSI ANO (8) HIS VIRULENT AN!I•AMERICANISM• 
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6. STRAUSS REFERRED TO KIESINGER•S RENEWED EFFORTS TO PUSH FOR EUROPEAN UNITY. HE SAID KIESINGER•S NO• I OBJECTIVE IN HiS SEPTEMBER 27•28 MEETING WITH DE GAULLE IS TO DETERMINE WHET~ER 
OE GAULLE, PARTICULARLY AFTER THE MAY EVENTS iN FRANCE, IS NOW READY TO BE MORE AMENABLE: TOWARD ' STEPS TOWARD TRUE EUROPEAN UNITY• 
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