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Europe in peace and security"
"The dream of European unity
is started on the road to real
ity," said Mr.. Dulles in state
ment issued as he took off from
London Airport for Washington.
I'VE have built we'll for the
future of Europe" said British
Foreign. Secretary Anthony Eden,
the organizer of the conference.
Will End Occupation.
The blueprint pounded out by
the nine powers in their six-day
meeting calls for an end to the
American-Briti occu-
pat: of West Germany "as
quit y as possible. The allies
will remain in Communist-sur-
rounded West Berlin, however.
A German army of 100000
men, a 1,350-plane air force and
a small navy-no ships over 5000
tonS-are to be created within
the next 18 to "a months.
West Germany, with its tradi-
tional military skills and massive
industrial potential, will become
the North Atlantic Treaty Or
ganization's 18th member. boil
stering the Western defense line
that stretches from the Arctic to
the Aegean.
But there will be ironclad in
ternational controls to prevent a
new resurgent Germany from
menacing her neighbors-espe-
cially often invaded France.
Would Be Under Gruenther.
West Germany and her World
War II axis partner, Italy, are
to be brought into an expanded
and revived Brussels mutual de-
fense organization. whose pres
ent members are Britain. France,
Belgium, the Netherlands and
Luxembourg. The seven-nation
group will establish an arma-
ments agency to set the maxi
mum military strength for all
continental members and en-
force compliance.
West German forces will be
under the command of the SUI
preme NATO commander. United
States Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther.
He will be given more powers, in
Guiding authority to deploy the
continental troops of the Brussels
alliance and cut off strategic for
eign supplies to defiant member
nations.
NATO will set the minimum
military contributions from its
members. ANY request for an
increase in German armament
must have the unanimous back
ing of the entire Brussels group,
including France.
Series of Pledges Made.
A series of pledges made the
London agreements possible.
They included these:
l. To balance off Germany and
to reassure the fearful French,
Prime Minister Churchill's gov
ernment agreed to abandon
island aloofness. Mr.. Eden prom
ised the British would keep four
divisions and tactical air force
on the continent indefinitely.
2. Mr.. Dulles promised to rec
ommend maintenance of Ameri-
can troops in Europe so long as
"a threat to the area exists"
3. Mr.. Adenauer pledged that
Germany would not produce the
A-B-C weapons-atomic, biologi-
cal and chemical, magnetic
mines, warships over 1000 tons,
submarines over $50 tons, atom
propelled warships and big
bombers.
4. West Germany also PROM
ised to resolve by peaceful
means" any disputes with other
states. She particularly prom
ised never to use force in an eff
fort to achieve reunification with
Communicated East Germany
or to extend her boundaries.
s., The United States, Britain
and France made a counterpart
declaration reiterating that a
fundamental goal of their poll
cies is the peaceful reunion of
West and East Germany.
Forgetting Angry Words.
Mr.. Dulles and the eight other
ministers signed the apreenents