Evening star., 1954-10-01
Immediate Ending
OF Western Germany
Occupation Proposed
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lection Of the proposed Euro
pean army plan appeared to
promise an indefinite extension
Of the allied occupation.
Is, Mr.. Adenauer has more inn
portant elections coming up
shortly in Bavaria and Hesse.
The four ministers had before
them recommendations prepared
by their committee Of experts
as q guide for framing q grant
Of sovereignty.
This would be put into effect
at the same time the control
system to guard against any
runaway German rearmament is
set in operation.
Informants said Mr.. Dulles and
Mr.. Mendes France appeared
ready to go along with q pro-
posal by Mr.. Eden for an imme-
diate Big Three declaration Of
intent to wind UP the occupa-
ton as soon as the control sys-
tenn is prepared.
Would Restore Rights.
In the meantime, the allies
would restore without delay ad-
ditional political and economic
rights to the Germans. in return
for guarantees from Mr.. Ade-
nauer's government covering:
/. An agreement to work out
q common policy with the three
occupying powers before entering
negotiations with the Russians
for a peace treaty and reuniflca-
ton of Germany.
2. Approval of continued al
lied administration Of West
Berlin.
8. Permission for allied troops
to remain In Germany as part
Of the NATO defense force
against Communist aggression.
] 4. Safeguards against the
growth of big industrial cartels
and other economic develop
i ments which might foster a
revival of German nilitarism.
Mr.. Adenauer also has indi-
Gated he is ready to satisfy
French demands for a guarantee
that the proposed 12-division
German Army would never be
! used independently IN any at
tempt to take over Communist
ruled East Germany by force.
Proposed by Spaak.
The compromise rearmament
plan, proposed by Belgian For
eign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak,
resolved differences over how the
controls against runaway Ger
man rearmament should be ad-
ministered. The French wanted
the enlarged Brussels Treaty
Organization to administer
them; the Germans, backed by
Britain and the United States.
pumped for NATO as the con-
troll body.
The Spaak plan, blending
both proposals. calls for the es-
tablishment of a nation
European arms authority to su-
pervise the output of all the
countries except Britain. This
group would have the power to
set upper limits on armies and
ornaments of the member
states. But NATO will set up
minimum troop and armament
requirements for each of the
seven nations.
Other Points Of Plan.
Other points of the plan were:
/. West Germany will be per-
mitted to raise the equivalent
of IL divisions. All these will be
turned over to the supreme
Allied commander, United States
Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther, for
use as he sees fit.
2. The seven-nation arma-
ments authority will have powers
of inspection to see. that the
quotas are observed. An inspec-
tor general will be appointed to
head an expert staff.
8. The authority will have the
right to ban production of GER
tain heavy arms. including
atomic weapons, aircraft, tanks
and artillery, in areas considered
exposed to Communist attack
and occupation.
4. The authority will be SUBJ
ject to the control of q parlia-
mentary assembly in which
representatives of the seven Eu-
ropean allies will sit.