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NATo
Specific Counter-ProposoIs for Reds
Still Undecided After Western ToIks

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Of Soviet economic warfare
against West Berlin.
In discussions among delega-
tons outside the council room
1t was recognized that naval
blockades Of q great land power
such as the Soviet Union would
not have q decisive effect In
any big war situation.
Communist Albania. however,
cut on from the Soviet Unions
other East Berlin satellites.
depends on the Turkish Straits
for access to the Black Sea and
Bulgaria. Romania and Russia.
The is million people Of
Albania might be put under
difiiculties similar to those with
which West Berlin would be
confronted II her trade con-
facts through East Germany
we're slowed down or cut of.
Other Western pressure in
the economic field presumably
could be applied against East
Germany. The two Germanies
carry on q balanced trade
amounting to around 5000 mill
lion a year.
Herter Talks to Dulles
After the final council session
yesterday. Acting Secretary Of
State Herter, who represented
the United States at this weeks
meetings, telephoned ailing
Secretary Of State Dulles in
Florida to report on the results
Of the busy week.
Earlier Mr.. Herter conferred
with British Foreign Secretary
Selwyn Lloyd at the British
Embassy and in the morning |
he had a 45-minute exchange |
of views with West German
Foreign Minister Heinrich Won
Brentano.
American officials were said
to have been impressed by the
general confidence in the four
big powers-Britain. France.
West Germany and the United
States-expressed by the other
NATO ministers.
Proposals Incomplete
Proposals to be presented to
the Soviet Union at the East
West foreign ministers meet
ing which opens in Geneva
May II still appear to be far
from concrete after the week |
Of negotiations. however.
West Germany was found to
favor a gradual approach
which some of its Western
powers feared would fail not
only to gain Soviet acceptance
but also approval of world pub |
lie opinion.
Tentative plans for a drafted
peace treaty to counter the
Soviet version and q program
for gradual federation Of the
two Germanies were strongly
opposed by Foreign Minister
Won Brentano.
The West German govern
ment favors presentation OF
peace-treaty principles only and
formation Of a mixed commits
sion Of East and West Germans
to broaden only non-govern-
ment contacts.
Principles on Concessions
The NATO foreign ministers
all agreed that the West must
not make any concessions TO
the Soviet Union without coun-
ter-concessions. They agreed !
these exchanges should not
shift the balance Of power in
Europe.
The decision of Mr.. Won
Brentano to leave Washington
more than a day earlier than
previously planned was a topic
for speculation yesterday. Ac-
cording to one report, Chancel-
lor Konrad Adenauer had or
dered him back for a quick
report on the negotiations.
Some Western delegations be-
lieve Chancellor Adenauer and
his Christian Democratic gov
eminent have not made UP
their minds on how far they
can go in agreeing to conces-
sions to the Soviet Union in
the approaching round Of nego-
tiations.
The NATO Council expressed
confidence in yesterdays COM
munique that 1.-THE alliance will
continue to develop as the
indispensable basis for the
security of the Atlantic peoples
and the defense for world
peace. 1t believes also that the
unity of action and policy
which the alliance makes pos
sible is the best guarantee OF
successful negotiations with the
Soviet Government and ofsany
genuine solution of differences
between the East and West"
Situation Elsewhere
During its meetings, the
Council reviewed the political
situation in other parts of the
world, paying particular atten-
ton to Communist economic
pressures on the underdevel-
+. oped countries.
Secretary General Spaak
conceded the NATO commu-
nique was unusually discreet"
but observed that the world is
ain a delicate situation"
The Soviet Union. he warned,
will be an opponent in the
negotiations to begin in May
and the alliance wishes to avoid
tipping its plans before they
open.
Sparks Opinion