Evening star., 1947-04-05
By Constantine Brown
Stor Fofejoo Affoirs AnoIysf


small group of five Americans and
% nom Americans, including mes
senger boys, comprise the State De-
partment's information service team
in Turkey, where it is doing a re-
markable job of selling America.
The Turkish group of the United
States Information Service is di-
vided into two sections, one in 1stan-
bul and one in Ankara.
The Istanbul section is housed in
a ramshackle old building in the
old Turkish quarter of the city,
which is the economic, cultural and
financial metropolis of the country.
This branch is run single-handed by
the director, Huntington Damon, an
energetic young man from Boston,
Mass, whose father used to be a
teacher at Robert College, one OF
the oldest American teaching instl-
tutions in the Near East.
The Ankara branch is headed by
Laurence Moore, former teacher at
Robert College, who has spent some
40 years in this country and is
known to practically every one, from
President Ismet Inonu to the humble
porter on the pier.
Two Reasons for Success.
There are two fundamental rea-
sons for USIS success in Turkey,
while it is doing such poor job
in France and a negligible job in
Spain.
The first is that American culture
is eagerly sought after in this coun-
try. For nearly 100 years American
private enterprise has been estab-
fishing colleges in this part of the
world The oldest is a Beirut, Leb-
anon, which used to be a Turkish
province. ii
Other American colleges have been
established for at least three genera
tions in Istanbul, Iznir and Caes-
mant said it never would meet again
unless somebody produced really
new proposition.
The key economic. problem was
Russia's demand for $4,000, 900, 900
in German reparations over a 20
year period, some of it from current
production, and western opposition
to this demand.
Under the circumstances, at least
some of Gen. Marshall's associates
were known TO have been thinking
about the next steps to be taken by
the western powers if the Moscow
should prove as inef-
fective as some have feared, and ef-
forts to complete the economic, uni
dcation of Western Germany were
to be considered highly de-
sirable.
Some very informal inquiries were
believed to have been made of the
French along these lines. These
were reported to have elected a show
Of friendly interest but no commit
ments.
American sources said the real key
to the situation lay in internal
French politics as nearly as possible
in line with Soviet policy. They said
the ultimate outcome of any merger
proposal would depend, more than
anything else, on how French politics
went in the next few months.
American policymakers asserted
strongly that they did not want
Germany split between east and
west but contended also that they
must work with the situation as it
stood. They said that if they had
to deal with a Germany in pieces,
they wanted the biggest and eco
strongest pieces possible.
The idea of internationalized ad-
for the industrial re-
gions of the Ruhr valley in Western
Germany and Silesia in the east
was being talked about by at least
one member of the American dele
cation, but it was said on good
today that there was no
evidence that this was Gen. Mar
shalrs plan or policy.
Longer Farley Expected
A Soviet source with Foreign Office
said the Russians were
the Foreign Ministers still
to be in session On May day.