Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-10
Reds Propose
A||-European
SecuritYPact
Surprise Bid for
50-Yeor Treaty
Would End NATO
BY the Assecioted Press

sion pact among all the nations
of Europe, including both Com
munist East Germany and the
Bonn republic. 1t would annul
the North Atlantic alliance.
Soviet Foreign Minister v. M.
Molotov laid the plan for Euro
Eost Germans Risk Freedom, Urge Dulles
to Defy Molotov. Poee AS
pean security" before the Big
Four conference: 1t was his most
detailed effort to torpedo the
West European Defense Commu-
nifty.
The proposed 50-year general
security treaty would bind all the
nations of Europe to peace"
East and West Germany were
specifically listed as eligible as
individual powers until the ma
ton eventually is unified.
Mr.. Molotov spelled out a
treaty that would be open to all
states of Europe regardless of
their social systems" He stated
the nonaggreSsion terms would
be carried out according to
these principles of the United
Nations Charter:
Unite Against Attack.
Any attack against one ma
ton in Europe would be regarded
as an attack against the entire
treaty bloc. All parties would be
bound to come to the rescue Of
the nation attacked, including
the use of armed forces.
The significant anti-European
army clause in the Russian plan
reads:
The parties undertake not to
enter. any coalition or alliance or
conclude any agreement, the
purpose of which would contra
dict the purposes of the treaty
on collective security in Europe"
Moscow has consistently
maintained that the West. in
rearming West Germans through
the European Defense Com
munity (EDC), is aiming a war;
like dagger at the Soviet Union.
The treaty would be for so
years. exactly as long as the
Russians contend the West Ger
man government at Bonn would
be tied to Western defense I'M
der EDO.
Red China Again.
Mr.. Molotov threw in one
more determined effort to win
a seat for Red China in United
Nations councils. He proposed
that the U. N. Security Council
invite the Government of the
United States and the Peiping
regime to send their representa-
tiveS to the machinery that
would be set up to administer
the European security treaty.
They would sit only as observers,
but this would place Red China
on an equal footing with the
United States inside U. N. coun-
ellis.
While the treaty is being IA
Shioned and put into force. the
four occupation powers would
retain their rights in divided
Germany but only until unifica-
ton is agreed upon.
The Russians again proposed
to merge the two governments,
entrenching communism, and
ordering nearly all occupation
troops out of the country within
six months and before general
elections are conducted. The
West sees this as a setup for a
typical Communist putSch.
Surprise to West.
The Molotov proposal struck
like a bombshell. The West had
confidently expected him to re-
hash some old proposals in a
final crack at the German and
European security question this
afternoon. There had not been
the slightest leak of information
that the Kremlin was planning
such a broad concept as a Eu-
rope-wide 32-nation mutual nom
aggression pact.
1t was part of Russian reason
ing though to exclude the United
States from influence in such a
treaty organization, granting it
seat only as an observer. The
ever-f1agging Soviet complaint
is that the Americans WELD too
much influence in Europe any,
way. their Ami. go home" pro-
paganda theme is very seriously
intended.