Evening star., 1960-07-04
. BY HENRY BRANDON
North American Newspaper Alliance

Senator Kennedy of Massa-
chusetts, the leading Demo
cratic candidate for the presi
Dental nomination. h a S Sc
forth his views on foreign pol.
Icy in a lengthy, candid inter
view with this correspondent
Following are the questions anc
answers:
Question: Sooner or later the
United States will have enough
ICBMs (intercontinental bal
listic missiles) not to need
bases in Europe. Do you think
this would lead the United
States to a policy much more
indepedent of Europe?
Answer: No, I think that the
ties are very basic between the
United States and Europe, anc
the need for cooperation will
persist, perhaps even more
strongly. There are many area!
that we can approach on a
common basis. l don't thinE
that our need for bases abroad
explains our interest in tht
development of the resurgenct
Of Europe in the last Is years
at all. I think a vigorous, free
Europe, with expanding econ-
omies, playing proportionatt
role in assisting the under
developed world, playing its
proper role in the defense Of
the West-I think all these are
great common detectives which
transcend the location of mill
tary bases.
@. You mean that NATO
would survive this development?
A. Well, NATO in the sense
of military guarantees of West
ern Europe against atta0k-in
the sense that there's a pooling
Of military effort-that would
certainly survive, and I hope
would survive in a more vigor-
Gus form in other areas so that
the energies of Western Eu-
rope and the United States can
be more effectively pooled in
the newer areas Of responsible
ity. The military situation may
change, but I think the basic
tie will remain which can be
expressed through NATO.
@. When you say military"
you mean the question of Amer
ican troops in Europe?
A. No, mean the bases. 1t
certainly would be wise to con-
tinue American troops in Eu-
rope even when we may no
longer need the air bases.
Those troops are there not
merely to defend the air bases,
but also as a guarantee of our
determination to meet our
commitments under NATO and
to West Germany and to Ber-
lin. AS long as Berlin is in a
state of Inflammation I would
think the troops would remain
regardless of whether the bases
would be needed or not.
@: Do you think we could
[ maintain a free Berlin with
the help of the United Nations?
A: Though the main burden
for the freedom of West Berlin
will continue to rest on the
United States, Britain, France
and the West Germans them
selves, nevertheless the partici-
patton of the United Nations in
their guarantees would be
advantageous.
@: If you look in a broad
sweep at American Russian
relations. say, for the next 10
years, what do you foresee?
A: I envisage it as a con-
tinuing competitive struggle
with periods of relative warmth
and periods Of bitter cold. I
don't imagine there will be a
sharp enough change within
the Soviet Union itself, or with
in China, in the next decade to
cause a complete reversal of the
present policies. The tempo may
change; the goals will not.
say this with some degree of
hesitation because the world
has changed in so many ways
the last 10 years, certainly in
the last Is years. But I would
judge-baSed on the informa-
ton we have at present-that
the competitive struggle will
continue and will be affected in
its vigor by the actions that we
take.
@: De Gaulle seems to think
that sooner or later we may be
able to bring Russia onto the
side of the West in defense
against the Chinese.
A: There isn't any doubt
there seems to be some differ
ence in outlook and in phil
osophy between the Soviet
Union and China, but I would
think it would be some years
away before you could expect
there would be a greater COM
munity of interest between the
Soviet Union and the West
than there is between the So
Wet Union and the Chinese
Communists.
@: Do you think it will be
possible to'keep the Chinese as
much excluded from the world
community, from the United
Nations, as at present?
A: I would think if their pol.
icies would change, if there
would be some indication they
wish to live in harmony with
us and with the countries tt
the south, that they desire tt
work out the problems of the
areas on which there is dis.
agreement. then I would thinl
the relationship would become
more harmonious. But I think