Evening star., 1951-09-20
Ottawa Session Ends
With Decision 10 Aid
Middle East Defense
BY the Asseeie,.d Pres.

OTTAWA, Sept 20.-Thf North
Atlantic Council is slated tc wind
UP its Ottawa session toddE with
a significant decision to fxtend
into the stragetic, oil-rich fiddle
East its system Of joint dffense
against possible Soviet aggression.
A decision by Denmark that it
would not exercise its veto assured
unanimous approval by the D.
nation Council of an American
sponsored resolution recommend
ing that Greece and Turkey be
given membership in the Atlantic
pact.
Subject to Greek Turkish ac-
eeptance and later ratification (by
the present governments In the
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
ton. including Senate concurrence
In the United States. the action
will result in stretching the pact's
security commitments far beyond
the North American and Western
European areas they were orig
tnally designed to protect.
Swift Approval Expected.
The Council opened here Satur-
day and came up to its final day
on schedule with the Greek -Tur-
kish question and a declaration on
NATO's future non-military devel-
opment as the main final business.
The declaration was expected
10 win swift approval. It's purpose
is to put the Council on record as
fayoring greater NATOs efforts In
the fields Of economies. politics
and social welfare as well as in
the military field.
1t also contains an indirect
statement in favor Of revising the
Italian peace treaty. The state
ment calls for removal of all i'm
pedimentS which might impair
the inequality Of NATo members
which Italy claims its World
War II treaty does.
Off1cials said this section was
written with the intent of salts
flying demands of italian Premier
Alcide de Gasperi for Council
support in obtaining revision Of
the pact, which he has branded
as harsher than the treaty re-
Gently signed with Japan.
Defense Inquiry Approved.
- The Council put on a burst of /
speed yesterday to clear the way
for adjournment. In q meeting
that ran into early evening it
finally approved plans for
sweeping investigation Of the
whole joint defense program, pri-
nnarily to find out how to increase
the flow of troops and weapons
10 Gen. Eisenhower's European
command without bankrupting
the economies of Western Europe.
e To conduct the inquiry the
council ordered creation of a full
12-nation committee with instruc-
tions to make its final report by
December 1. {
Most officials hope that the
study will produce a balance sheet
Of NATO military requirements
and the resources to meet them,
and simultaneously provide q
yardstick by which each country
can measure its own contribution.
Contributions Undecided.
The American delegation under
Secretary of State Acheson hash
taken the line here that hard {
European governments /,
should not look for any additional
aid from the United States beyond
that already being voted by Con-
gress. However, if, as expected, I
the study shows an urgent need 4
for increased United States assist
ance next year. the Truman ad- II
ministration may be pressed toIf
boost the total Of its resuests to i
Congress in 1852 as compared with
1851. +
This year the foreign aid total /
was $8.5 billion. of which approx
mately 81 billion was slashed away Il
by Congress. Il
The question of the ability of Il
the Western European nations to
meet Gen. Eisenhower's calls for Il
more men and arms Is thus a b
question for which the Ottawa {
conference has found no answer.
The ek-Turkish issue, how h
ever, was the only one which
the foreign ministers of the 12I