Evening star., 1951-09-17
Atlantic Par|ey Head!
For Action Today on
Greece and Turkey
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depence, short Of peace treaty
and to get German military forces
into Gen. Eisenhower's foreign
defense command as soon as pos
sible.
Economic Burdens Stressed.
| 8. Mr.. Acheson told the council
Saturday that the Atlantic treaty
nations must press their defense
buildup urgently. Mr.. Morrison
Iand Mr. Schuman were reported
to have taken a similar line in
their speeches, while also stresSing
the economic burdens being borne
by the European countries in arms
production
4. Gen. Eisenhower was reported
to have submitted to the coun-
ellis central strategy board. con-
lsisting Of American. British and
French military chiefs, calling for
more men and more guns on the
fastest possible schedule. Author
IitieS said this probably would go
before the council today.
S. The United States threw it's
full weight behind suggestions,
long advanced by Canada and
some Western European countries,
that the Atlantic alliance should
deal with non-military political
and economic problems and thus
develop over the years into some
sort of Atlantic community"
The Ottawa conference is ex-I
pected to make a declaration to-
this effect. after creating a COM
mittee to work out practical ways
of closer cooperation on non-
military problems.
The Greek Turkish issue held
the center Of attention for three
reason: First, the United States
is pressing for a decision on it
this week; second. it is contro-
versial; third. it is the one spe-
cific problem which the council
may resolve in its Ottawa meet
ing. All other matters under con-
sideration here appear certain tol
go over to a meeting of the coun-
Gil in Rome late next month.
The problem is difficult be-
cause many of the IL countries
but notably the Scandinavian
objected to stretching the
Atlantic treaty bloc into the
Eastern Mediterranean. They
have contended this would de-
story the basic concept of a.
arrangement between
North America and Western Eu-
rope. and probably complicate the
problem of organizing Western
European defenses.
The United States and more
recently Britain, France and
Canada have supported the idea,
some of them reluctantly, be-
cause Turkey has been pressing
for an American guarantee of it's
security for more than year.
officials believe extern
sion of the Atlantic treaty to in
clude both Greece and Turkey is
the best way to meet the demand
Official informants said mill
tary leaders of all Atlantic bloc
countries have agreed that Tur-
keys Importance in the defense
of the West is great enough tel
justify such action. ObjectionsI
made against it, therefore, ap-
pear to be mainly political in
character.
Political Effects Feared.
One of these objections, stated
BY those who would like to pre-
serve the alliance unchanged, isl
that granting membership toI
Greece and Turkey would be al
purely military measure with pos
sibly adverse political effects inI
Europe. According to this reason
ing, it could be construed by Com
munist propagandists as evidence
that the pact is a military alliance
against Russia instead Of an ex-
preston of a broad community of
civilian as well as military inter-
ests among the nations of the
West.
Apparently it is chiefly to meet
this criticism that Mr.. Achesonl
and other members of the Ameri-
can delegation are working in the
conference here, for the first time.
to get agreement on measures forI
economic and political
problems through the treaty Or
Officials said the United States
has never regarded the treaty asl
being only a military alliance since
one Of its original articles specifi-
cally provides for economic and
military cooperation among the
member nations. But American
up to now has all BEEN
on the military side.
Economic problems which may
soon be dealt with in detail
through the treaty machinery in
clude financial relations among
the IL powers and their joint ef-
forts to maintain civilian living
standards while spurring arms
output.