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hAt nymbeE NJ men In arms by
thn end MI llAA,
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auv billion but The lnlnlAtaFA az
ehalnn the haFth Atlantic Treaty
gFnAhltAtlaD'A ninth eaIha seS.
alah AahHted u uHABlfn9lAlv a. an
lhvehtlhent W security iFaA Cam.
MHhlAt attack,
Ihe master plan, IN mers faru
lnhl terms IA the Tep9pt OF the
NA10 Temporary 66uR9ll Gams
lnltLesI headed BY w, AyePelI HaTu
gliiAh OF the United AtaleS,
Session 10 ERd TOmOVV0W,
" WAs adopted virtually Wlthu
9ut aebatel and with little, eeMs
its Aaeptlen leaves the NAFe
ee4neA with enly tive mailer
problems 10 handle before the
ministers leave for heme MendaV
.They stHi have 10 RgFee ON
EheFe, when and how 10 pay for
the vast network OF air fields,
AghteFH bases, barracks, and eemr
mHnleAtlens that viii support
thelF armies, ranging all the way
from the Resph0FVs to the Arctic,
They also must FeaFganiEe
NATo itself into o more efiieient
operating body,
Informed officials reported the
United States has decided TO press
TOR the removal Of practically all
the wraps remaining on West
German war industries, There Is
opposition from the French and,
TO q lesser extent, from the
British.
The occupation powers sent a
delegation from Bonn to Lisbon
tonight with @ request from
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's
government for O slight reduction
In the proposed llN billion mark
(s2,670, ,000,00O defense budget for
West Germany. The figure, pro-
posed by Mr.. Harriman's group,
was termed politically unaccept-
able" The Germans previously
had offered 1913 billion marks
(S2,57O.00 ,OO0). \
Result Of Compromise.
German leaders In Bonn said
they fear their parliament might
refuse TO accept the higher figure
Socialists have been heekiinE Mr.
Adehauef on all phases Of the
arms program especially Oh costs
The master plan Is the result Of
f16fiths OF compromise between
civil and military leaders,
The generals told NAF0 what
they had 10 have 10 make Europe
safe from Communist aggression,
The NAf'0 economists went ever
the books OF each nation and told
the generals they eeuld have much
less
The ministers Yielded al The iast
minute and Wr0te In one clause
requested by The military men,
This named the specific f0ree
requirements for lebp, leaving In
4 more vague phfaAIna the tApaeta
f0p 1903 and 1904,
the report dealA only with The
men, money and machines 10 be
provided by the original N NAT0
nAtlehl@the United htatea, Gam
ada, Iceland, Britain, Norway,
Denmark, Holland, Belgium, LHEI
embeupa, France Italy and P0rtus
GAl,
Greece and Turkey, ATTENDING
thelF hpht council session AA new
members, are 10 add their a0ntpls
buttons after 4 NATo committee
IIihheb v htuuk ~ tIlelP Vhphbllltlebl
Tho ministers decided,
Shortages Are Feared,
just before the master plan WA
approved some ministers veleed
concern over shortages OF both
raw materials and dollars, THESE
hh6VtAHeal They hald, may hamper
The flllhllIhHht by theIF a0vephE
lnehtA OF thelF shares IN the kAfo
plan,
HReelfe raw matepialS lnehs
tl0ned Wepe steel n0nEfePP0us
metals and eeRll oil vital In the
mablna OF the munitions
MADp0WeP SHORTAGES Rls0 came
lnul The picture when Italian Fls
nance MlnlAteP GIUSEPPE PellR
llraed the nations wbleh Rpe Abert
W e0hgldeF uAlDH Italian labor,
Unemployment IA widespread In
italy
The ministers leit the areAt,
fAHadrAHed central building 0f
hlAbeh VnlVepsItH'A f'eehhleRI IAa
ktItllth hRthpMIHha hat iUhilhnt,