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294:(KVP) agreed that the broad base could be seen as an intermezzo and that a small coalition of PvdA and KVP would be preferred afterward. Beel included KVP elements in the government program, such as child benefits for large families and health care, but this was removed after objections from Drees. Also, the mention that '
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Juliana again gave Beel an assignment, this time to form 'a cabinet.' The PvdA was unhappy with this turn towards an extra-parliamentary cabinet, but the parliamentary groups decided by majority that the ministers could speak with Beel based on the new assignment. The fear in the PvdA was
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Stikker on Foreign Affairs, and the KVP was unhappy with a PvdA prime minister and disappointed they didn't get Agriculture. On 4 August, the question for the PvdA was whether they were
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and international policy, and where parliamentary groups would not be bound on other topics. The cabinet would then end once the biggest issues on these topics were resolved. The PvdA rejected this again, as the
Indonesian issue was the biggest point of contention and other topics also deserved
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Catholic south. The VVD highlighted its necessity for the two-thirds majority and indicated it would demand a price for it. The election results saw no major changes; the
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on 6 August did not present serious difficulties and mainly discussed replacing Van Mook with Beel. The cabinet was sworn in a day later. On 17 August, Drees delivered the
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