Evening star., 1950-06-11

silver stars on each shoulder u
ldenote his high rank. he said h,
believed the combining OF the /.
western nations under the At
tlantic pact would do more Il
prevent war with Soviet Russi.
than any atomic bomb,
by joining together and build
ing a solid wall of collective de-
Ifense." he began. I'VE can obtair
a security force that will be NOR,
effective than mere retaliator!
weapons. the atomic bomb in
cluded. The Russians under
stand and appreciate force wher
they see it. Our goal is to max,
our combined defenses so stroni
and impressive that the Russian
will know that they cannot win.
| The interview took place in on,
of the generals busiest weeks
Today. he and Defense Sec
retary johnson will fly to Tokyo
to confer with Gen. Macarthur
on the military situation in tn,
Orient.
A list of questions designed te
clarity the issues of the mutual.
assistance program and to elabo-
rate his previous speeches anc
congressional testimony had beer
submitted in advance.
Careful on Replies
In his replies to the questions
the general was careful not Il
overstep the bounds Of his owr
jurisdictions. Some he declined
to discuss for publication becaus,
they involved political and eco
nomic issues which he said werl
outside his realm" To under
stand this reticence and also t,
understand his authority, it 1
necessary to list his various Offices
in addition to his chairmanshil
Of the Joint Chiefs OF Staff of tn,
American Defense establishment
He is chairman of the Military
Committee OF the North Atlantis
Treaty Organization, composed oi
chiefs Of STATS Of the participa.
ting countries. Directly above thi.
committee is the Defense Com.
mittee composed of the defense
ministers of the participating
countries and on which Secretary
johnson is the American member
Directly above this committee Is
the council. composed of foreign
ministers of each member nation
Secretary of State Acheson Is the
American member.
In addition to his membership
on the Military Committee. Gen
Bradley is chairman of the three
member Standing Group, in effect
an executive subcommittee. The
other members are British Air
Marshall Lord Tedder and French
1t. Gen. Paul Ely. This group car
ries on It's work in Washington.
Under this committee and SUBJ
committee are five regional plan.
ming groups that are responsible
for carrying out the broad strate-
gic plans devised by the higher
levels.
Because of the possible roper
.cussions from his answers, Gen
Bradley and his staff carefully
scrutinized every word of his
replies. AS he explained it, he
reads so many secret and top
secret reports he must be cer-
tain that in talking he is not dis
closing confidential information
For that reason his replies were
cleared with his security officers
Explains Sovereignty
Following are the writer's oues.
tions and Gen. Bradley's answers:
@. The term balanced collec-
tive forces" occurs in all discus.
sion about the North Atlantic de-
fenses. Just what does this
mean?
A. Balance. to my mind. means
effective forces equal to the task
that modern warfare may thrust
upon each nation and. each group
Of nations. In striking a proper
balance we must determine what
situations may face each nation
and each regional group and pre-
pare the forces to cope with pos
sible threats.
This does not mean equal
amounts of money for airpower,
navy and ground forces. 1t does
mean that each nation should
contribute to the overall defense
what it is best suited to supply.
Adherence to this idea does not
preclude army, navy and air forces
essential to q nations own re-
quirements outside the North
Atlantic treaty.
@. What sovereignty-and how
much-will the United States have
to give up to the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization? What SOW
ereignty would the other nations
contribute?
A. What we need on this prob
lem is a proper perspective. In
answer to your question. this
comes to mind: What good would
our absolute sovereignty be to us.
II we alone were left In the world
to face a host Of nations enslaved
by communism? So I don't
picture the problem specifically as
how much and what kind Of
sovereignty We are going to give
up"
It Is not 50 much what we are
giving up. Each nation must look