Evening star., 1961-08-06
Warsaw Pact
Warns West
0nGermany

MOSCOW, Aug. 5 (AP).-
The Warsaw Pact nations dis
closed tonight they unanimous
ly decided in a secret Kremlin
meeting to reach a peace set
tlement with Communist East
Germany and revise Berlin'S
status before the end Of the
year.
The three-day meeting that
ended today was held while
Premier Khrushchev was con-
ferring peacefully with italian
Premier Amintore Fanfani and
firing off notes on the Berlin
question to the Western pow
erS. United States officials
found the notes comparatively
moderate in tone.
The Soviet news agency TaSS
reported the eight-nation pact
in a eommunique, warned the
West that delaying a German
treaty indefinitely will "con-
tribute to an intensification Of
the threat Of a new war in
Europe and not only in Eu-
rope"
Arguments Repeated
The communique repeated
all the arguments presented by
Mr.. Khrushchev to support his
nearly 3-year-old demands that
West Berlin be removed as a
painful allied enclave 110 miles
inside Communist territory. For
months he has been threaten
ing to sign a separate peace
treaty with East Germany by
the end Of the year.
A separate treaty with East
Germany will safeguard her
sovereign rights :. including
her rights on land, water and
in the air." the communique
said.
This may indicate q new So
Wet bloc attempt to force the
West to negotiate with East
Germany-which is not recog-
nized automatically by any
Western power-for free access
to West Berlin.
Free Demilitarized City"
The communique said If a
treaty is signed with both East
and West Germany, West Ber-
lin, "as q free demilitarized
city, would be able to main
tain its uhhindered communi-
cations with the outside e
world"
But the communique added
that West Berlin would lead
its independent life in con-
formity with agreements which
win be concluded with the
German Democratic Republic. ="
Western leaders always have
insisted they viii negotiate only
with the Soviet Union, one of
the World War II allies, on the
future of isolated West Berlin.
They also have insisted West
Berlin and its 2 million citizens
never will be abandoned.
Room for ManeuVering
The unheralded huddle Of
the Eastern alliances top men,
however, left room for maneu-
yer in settling with the West
ern powers the destiny Of di-
vided Germany.
TasS quoted the communique
as saying:
"The meeting participants
expressed readiness to contrib
ute by every means to the at
tainment of a peaceful settle
ment with the two German
states, co-ordinated with the
Western powers.
A peace treaty, the commu-
nique said, should record in
legal form the immutability of
the present German frontiers" "
This was a reference to the
Oder-NeisSe line that divides
East Germany and Communist
Poland. East Of that line is ter
ritory that before World War
II was German but now is un-
der Poland's administration.
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer'S
West German government has
resisted any move leading to
world recognition Of the Oder
Neisse as Germany's eastern
frontier.
Pact Members Listed
There was no advance word
the eight-nation pact, the
Communist counterpart to the
Vests North Atlantic Treaty
Organization, was holding a
meeting. The pact members are
the Soviet Union, Czechoslo-
vakia, Poland, East Germany,
Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania
and Albania.
Announcement Of the meet
ing cleared up earlier reports
that East German Communist
leader Walter Ulbricht was in
Moscow. 1t now seems clear Mr.
Ulbricht was in Russia for nc
other purpose than to take q