Evening star., 1950-09-20
Big ; Pushing Plans
To Unite West Europe
Armies Against Reds
By Gornett D. Homer
Stur Stuff CORRESPONDENT

NEW YORK, Sept. 20.-The
Vests Big Three Foreign Minis
ters squared away today for early
moves to expedite new action tt
Safeguard the security Of the free
world" against Soviet aggression
British and French defense min
listers are expected to join theil
foreign policy chiefs here tomor-
row for consultation on projected
creation by the North Atlantic
Treaty Allies of a united army tc
defend Western Europe.
American Secretary of STATE
Acheson, British Foreign Secre.
'tary Bevin and French Foreign
Minister Schuman are agreed or
the principle of building up suci
a community army rapidly, but
details remained to be worked ou
with other Western allies at s
meeting of the North Atlantic
Council in a week or so.
The Big Three announced yes.
terday they are determined to "sel
to it" that necessary measures tt
Safeguard security of the fret
world" are worked out and ap
piled with the greatest possible
dispatch"
s. Concrete Actions.
Their communique spelled out
numerous concrete actions regard.
ing Germany. including agree.
ment to:
!. Authorize a special 10000.
man mobile force in Western Ger
many to enable the Bonn govern
ment to combat Communist sub
versive activity. In practical ef-
feet this brings to 10000 the au-
thorized police under Federal con-
troll for emergency use. The new
force will not get tanks-it is not
designed as any answer to the
Soviet-sponsored army in East
Germany-but its anti-riot arma-
ment may include armored cars.
2. Increase Big Three armed
forces on duty in Germany, which
for the time being remain solely
responsible for defense against ag-
gression. Any attack on West
Germany will be considered an
"attack upon themselves" by the
three powers.
3. Take "the necessary steps in
domestic legislation" to end the
technical state of war with West
Germany. This does not mean a
separate peace treaty or end OF
the occupation. It would remove
Germans from enemy alien"
status. For the United States, it
involves complicated legislation by
Congress, which will not be asked
to act this session.
4. Relax occupation controls to
give the Bonn government a ina
jor extension Of authority" over
its own affairs.
5. Permit Bonn to set up for
eign affairs ministry and enter
into diplomatic relations with 9TH
er countries lin all suitable cases"
But there will be no German am
basSadors in Washington. London
and Paris as long as the three oc-
cupying powers have High Com
missionerS in West Germany.
Steel Limits Lifted.
6. Remove all restrictions on
the size, speed and number Of
commercial cargo ships built for
export by the West Germans.
Z. Allow German plants to pro-
duce steel above present limits
where this will facilitate the de-
fense effort of the West"
A major question-whether Ger
man military units may be armed
and integrated into the projected
unified defense force for Western
Europe-remains to be settled in
the North Atlantic Council. France
has blocked agreement on this
point so far, but Mr.. Acheson
hopes for early approval in prin-
ciple of this step. The commu-
nique yesterday said only that the
problem is "the subject of study
and exchange of views"
Henry A. Byroade, chief of the
State Departments Bureau of
German Affairs, and one of Mr..
Acheson's advisers here, empha-
sized to reporters that the action
announced to give the Bonn gov
ernment a mobile police force has
nothing to do with the military
armament controversy.
The police move, he said, was
intended only to enable the West
German government to combat
more effectively increased Com
munist rioting and subversion
attempts this winter. This is not
q disguised answer to the Com
munist army in East Germany, he
stressed. He added that the lex
ternal security problem is quite
something else"