Evening star., 1952-02-20
Acheson Pleads
For Sacrifices
AS NAT0 Meets
Military Strength
Alone Can Insure
Against War, He Says
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
LISBON, Portugal, Feb. 20.-A
grave-faced Dean Acheson told
the Atlantic Allies, opening theS
ninth council session today: I'VE
must take actions that will strain
all of us to the utmost"
"It is a task for governments
and for peoples" the Secretary
OF State said. 1--WE must develop
the concrete military strength
which alone can insure our people
against the destruction and suf-
fering of another war;
Two new members, Greece and
Turkey, Joined the IL Western Al
lies in a meeting of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization
Council-composed of foreign, de-
tense and finance ministers.
Host Pleads for Spain.
Portuguese Foreign Minister
Paulo Cunha, in the role of host,
broke into the usual welcoming
pleasantries with a plea for the
admission of Spain to the al
lance.
He denounced Spain's exclusion
as strategic absurdity, and said
defense of the Iberian peninsula
was indiviSible.
Mr.. Acheson's words came
shortly after reliable reports said
North Atlantic Treaty Organi-
cation economic experts had re-
ported that the 10O-division mill
tary target for 1854 will fall 12
per cent short of realization.
But he declared the creation
OF the European Defense Com
munity, the diplomatic name for
81 European army uniting Ger
mans and French with the SOL
diers of four other nations, "has
been brought to a point where
the approval of this council for
its form and authority can be
obtained"
IL German Divisions Sought.
The planners look for the Ger
. mans to provide IL divisions in
this force. Mr.. Acheson was
fresh from a meeting in London,
with British and French foreign
ministers and Chancellor Konrad
Adenauer which apparently paved
the way for West German parti-
cipation in the supranational
army.
While doubts and details still
must be resolved, Mr.. Acheson
said, he had deep conviction that.
"all the nations concerned can
move forward confidently to make
(the European army reality"
"The West wants peace above
ALL" Mr.. Acheson declared. 1--WE
do not desire military forces great
enough to launch a preventive
war"
But. he said, the Allies must
make sacrifices to make the alli-
ance work, and NATO ''yilli be of
little value unless we finish the
job"
Chairman Lester B. Pearson
OF Canada raped gavel on the
flower-banked rostrum in the
white marble Portuguese National
Assembly, and warned that this
session may well determine
whether the Atlantic coalition will
be strong and enduring asSocia-
ton for the defense of peace, or
merely fretful and uneasy
alliance.
Eye Kept on Congress.
The session is faced with the
concrete results in Western mil
tary and civil cooperation or
risking possible slash by the
United States Congress in multi
billion dollar aid.
Portuguese guardsmen in bright
dress uniforms lined the staircase
as the delegates filed into the AS
sembly, among them Sophocles
Venizelos. Greek Deputy Premier
and Foreign Minister.
Mr.. Venizelos declared Greece
fully realizes her responsibilities
in the organization and she will
showl the same determination if
called upon to aid her Allies, as
did her tough mountain fighters
In putting down Communist re-
volt within her own borders.
A communique issued in Lon
don yesterday said Mr.. Acheson,
British Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden, French Foreign Minister
Robert Schuman and DR.. Ade-
nauer reached agreements during
week end conferences that
marked a decisive turning in the
cause of peace"
But the communique signif-
tcantly emitted any mention of
German demands for membership
in NATO, and a high Allied source
said the subject was one which
does not properly apply to a still
occupied nation.
Four major items of business
were lined I'm Tn knen tho NATO