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Atlantic NATO Congress opened; ENGLAND: London: Westminster: Parliament Square: EXT LS Flags flying & street LS Westminster Hall - Flags flying in FG Westminster Hall: INT GV Interior: Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh & Party down steps in Westminster Hall MS Queen & Duke sit MS General Paul-Henri Spaak (NATO Secretary-General) & other ministers MS Clement Attlee, General Lauris Norstad, Duncan Sandys & other ministers LS Royals, zoom into MS of Queen as she stands up to speak CU Queen speaks: SOF: "It is the ordinary people of this Atlantic community who want a clear lead. There is an unmistakable longing among peace-loving people of the world to create a happier and easier international atmosphere, but there is no simple guide to point the way. LS My hope is that, when you disperse, the peoples of the Atlantic Community will be one step nearer to a practical system of co-operation. MS And when an issue divides us, be it large or small, be it a matter for Govts. or technicians or just the play of public opinion, I hope that any who are disposed to quarrel may think twice, and may remember that our real aims are the same and make a determined attempt to reconcile our differences" CS Prince Philip seated CMS Rab Butler & Hugh Gaitskell CS Harold Macmillan: SOF: "The Congress of NATO now today celebrates the 10th anniversary of our life. This is a very short period in human affairs, but the roots go very far back, & I hope I may be allowed to say without impropriety, that your Majesty, symbolizes in a sense, the special qualities & traditions by which the countries of which the Atlantic Community are inspired. Your dominions Madam, straddle the Atlantic & in the long history of service in your loyal House, you personify the ideal of our community"