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10 them.
Russia's unfolding long
range strategy apparently is to
maintain heavy pressure on
the West now and in a prospec-
tive summit conference to ac-
cept Communist domination of
East Germany and all of East
ern Europe.
The Western Big Three Min
listers and West German For
eign Minister Heinrich Won
Brentano met at Mr.. Herter's
Office at noon for strategy talk
in advance of the afternoon
session with Mr.. Gromyko at
the Palace of Nations.
Gromyko Host to Herter
Then, Mr.. Herter had a
luncheon engagement with Mr..
Gromyko at the Soviet minis
ter's residence, Villa Rose.
1t was understood he ex-
planned the Western position
to Mr.. Gromyko.
Mr.. Herter was accompanied
to the luncheon by Assistant
Secretary of State Livingston
T. Merchant, Assistant Sec
rotary of Defense John N.
Irwin II, Llewellyn Thomp-
son, United States Ambassador
to Moscow, and Counselor
Frederick Reinhardt.
A statement issued by the
United States declared the con-
ference ''at least at the outset
should involve only the four
powers responsible for Ger
many"
1t said other countries such
rs Poland and CzechoslovaSia
could be added at a later stage
for discussion of questions of
direct interest to them.
Hope Reds viii Yield
A highly placed Western in
formant said:
I'VE hope Gromyko will make
his pitch, hear our response
and then drop the matter for
the time being on the ground
we have accepted the principle
of Polish Czech participation
along with other nations at
some later time"
BY united resistance yester-
day, the Western three beat
down Mr.. Gromyko's bid to give
Communist East Germany full
membership in the parley in
stead of a limited advisory role.
However, the Russian won the
right for the East and West
German delegations to address
the conference directly instead
of speaking only through one
Of the Big Four ministers.
Each time one of the Ger
man delegates wants to speak
he must have the consent of
all four ministers. But Mr..
Gronnyko was expected to use
every chance to force the
Western ministers to listen to
and deal with East 'Germany's
representatives.
Wants Equal Numbers
In demanding seats for Po-
land and Czechoslovakia, Mr.,
Gromyko wants to establish the
principle of numerical parity
between the West and the
Communists in international
meetings, something the West
has always rejected.
The Western ministers were
ready to block this maneuver,
but they were prepared to tell
Mr.. Gromyko that at q later
stage of discussions on the
German question, Poland and
Czechoslovakia could be brought
in along with other nations.
The Vests argument is that
Russia. the United States,
Britain and France are pri-
marily responsible for settling
the problems Of Germany, but
other countries may be in
cluded when the talks get to
issues Of direct interest to
them. But in exchange for
bringing in Poland and Czech
oSlovakia, the Western three
would insist on adding Italy
and perhaps one or two other
allies.
Major Solutions Doubted
Western delegation members
said that on the basis of the
showing so far, the present
meeting is not likely to solve
any outstanding problems. he
most the Westerners hope for
is Russian agreement to re-
frain from sharpening the Bsr-
lin crisis and from making a