Evening star., 1955-06-14
Neutrality Out,
Adenauer and
Eisenhower Say
Heads of State
Pledge Work on
German Unity
BY JAMES E. ROPER

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West German Chancellor Alden.
auer today Jointly promised tc
work for early German reunifi'
cation, promised closest CO.
operation" in the future anC
fatty rejected any idea thai
West Germany should become 9
neutral.
This program was outlined ir
a White House statement ISSUED
early this afternoon.
Joint Statement
After Mr.. Eisenhower and MI
Adenauer met in the sPresident'l
Office, the White House an.
nounced:
"a large part of their discus.
sion was devoted to the relation
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ship between the free world anc
the Soviet Union and particu-
larly the recent Developments
such as the willingness of the
Soviet Union to participate in
the four power conference anc
the invitation of the Soviet gov
ernment to the chancellor (tc
visit Moscow.
"They agreed that one Of the
objectives of the Forthcoming
four-power meeting will be to
pave the way for early German
reunification. 1t was confirmed
that in their combined opinion
the concept of neutrality is in no
way applicable to Germany and
that only in collective security
arrangements can Germany as
sure its independence.
Gas a result of their discus
sions, they are treasured that
there is a very broad field of un-
derstanding between them. They
are convinced that the achieve
ment of the policies upon which
Germany and the United States
are embarked will continue to
require closest cooperation in
the future. These policies are
based on common adherence to
the furtherance of a just and
enduring peace among the ma
tions of the world"
Follows Soviet Bid
The Eisenhower-A d enauer
meeting came on the heels of
Russia's formal agreement, an
nounced in Moscow yesterday,
to attend the Big Four meeting
at Geneva on July 18.
Its importance was underscored
by the fact that West Germany
now appears to be the prime
European target of the Soviet
Unions attempts to WOO away
the strength. of the western al
lance.
Mr.. Adenauer arrived in
Washington yesterday. He was
scheduled to rest until today.
but instead he arranged a
hurry-up late afternoon confer
ence with Secretary of State
Dulles. He spent two hours in
Mr.. Dulles Office and then left
by a back elevator to escape
reporters questions.
In accepting the Western invi-
tation to the July 18 meeting,
Russia sharply denied that either
the status of East European
Communist nations or the role
of international communism was
a matter for discussion there.
Russians Accuse u. S.
The Russians accused the
United States of bringing up
such questions in an attempt to
torpedo the conference. The
aim of the meeting, they said,
should be primarily to lessen
international tensions"
A Soviet note strongly indi-
Gated the Kremlin wants the
conference to last more than the
three or four days suggested by
the West. It is assumed here
that Soviet Foreign Minister
Molotov will discuss this point
when he meets in San Francisco
next week with Mr.. Dulles,
British Foreign Secretary Harold
Macmillan and French Foreign
Minister Antoine Pinay.
The Soviet Foreign Ministry
summoned Moscow correspond
ents to hear the reading of a
press statement accusing Mr..
Dulles of attempting to set pre-
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