Evening star., 1953-12-06

Russia in the Allied Control
Commission for Germany, and
that a meeting there might be
an invitation to pressure dem
onstrations in Communist East
Germany. But informants said
the French took no firm stand
against Berlin, merely suggesting
that other possibilities be ex-
plored.
Adenauer Views Sought.
The. Americans and British
are described as not caring very
much where the conference is
held. They apparently lean to
West German Chancellor Ade-
nauer's suggestion that it be in
the Allied Control Commission
Building in the American sector
of West Berlin.
French reservations about
pushing for an early meeting
date are based on the fact that
the Laniel government must re-
sign January II when a new
French president is installed.
But informants said they were
not insisting that the proposed
meeting be postponed until after
that.
Chancellor Adenauer's views
will be sought on any reply to
the Russians drafted here, max
ing it unlikely that the note will
be sent off before this confer
ence winds up tomorrow.
The foreign ministers plan to
continue work on the note to
Moscow tomorrow morning. The
Big Three Government heads
meet again at pm. tomorrow
when they are expected to con-
tinue discussion of EDO.
Lord Ismay, secretary general
of the North Atlantic Treaty Or
ganization, arrived in Bermuda
late today and was due to join
in the conference session tomor-
row. He was understood to be
prepared to stress the need for
German soldiers to make the
NATO defense system effective,
regardless of what happens to
EDO.
The conference press officers
brief1ng session tonight, with Mr..
Rob. Mr.. Baeyens and Mr.. Hag-
erty working as a team sup
poSedly to tell ITO reporters what
goes on at the Mid-Ocean Club
from whose grounds newsmen
are barred, was stormy one.
Mr.. Rob led off by saying the
Big Three chiefs met at 5 pm.
for two and a quarter hours.
Then he read the uninformative
communique. He said he could
add to that only that the Soviet
note would be further discussed
tomorrow.
Then, after Mr.. Bayens an
nounced Mr.. Laniel's indisposi-
ton. a reporter went back at
Mr.. Rob, pointing out that after
a similarly uninformative COM
munique last night some news
men obtained a detailed ac-
count of what went on at the
first Big Three session and ask
ing If it would not be fairer to
give such details to all now.
Vow of Secrecy.
Mr.. Rob said he could save a
great deal of time by announc-
ing he had been forced to take
a VOW of secrecy and the same
applied to his colleagues. I'VE
all three have instructions not
to say anything at all beyond
the communique about the aft
ernoon discussions" he added.
Someone asked for an explana-
ton of the extraordinary secrecy.
Mr.. Hagerty jumped up and said
he would like to answer that.
"This is a conference of the
three largest powers in the free
world discussing problems that
will affect the lives of all the
people in the world" he said.
You know the discussions here
are confidential conversations
and We are not going to publish
it ALL" he added.
Mr.. Hagerty did promise that
when decisions are made they
will be announced. But, he said,
until then, when the talks still
are in a preliminary stage, he
did not believe newsmen could
expect to get chapter and
verse"
Who Spoke First Withheld.
The secrecy rule was applied
to such questions as who spoke
first on edo and whether there
were any disagreements about it.
| Mr.. Rob did tell a questioner
that all three delegations "em-
phasized the Importance at
tached to Edo"
All Mr.. Hagerty would say
about reported discussions of
Britain's desire for exchange of
atomic information with the
United States was that Atomic
Energy Commission Chairman
Lewis w. Strauss and Lord Cher
well, Mr.. Churchill's atomic ad-
wiser, spent yesterday afternoon
together and he believed some
time today, too. At the end, Mr..
Hagerty agreed to recommend
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