Mr. Macmillan, appearing for the second time on Firing Line, wears both his learning and his experience lightly, but his sense of authority is still unmistakable. HM: "The great thing is to press on with two things: the creation of wealth in our own Western society...; and the determination that the loss of empire-which Churchill saw coming-must be replaced, as regards Britain, by a united Europe: the realization that although you are very strong in America, we've no right to depend on you. We ought to be helping you as allies. The total population of what's left of Europe-Western Europe-is larger than that of the United States, richer.... We ought not to be hanging onto the tail, we ought to be marching proudly as allies of the United States." ... WFB: "Is it your opinion that the situation is reversible or that the Soviet lead at this point is too extensive to make it possible for us to catch up?" HM: "As a technical proposition, of course, I'm not informed about it, but I've never known any position that is irredeemable."